House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 20 Oct 2008 (pt 0024)

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Table 2: Apprenticeship starts in 2006/07 in Staffordshire local authority by sector framework of learning
Sector framework of learning	Starts
Accountancy	110
Active Leisure and Learning	60
Agricultural Crops and Livestock	10
Amenity Horticulture	30
Animal Care	⁽¹⁾—
Automotive Industry	10
Aviation	⁽¹⁾—
Barbering	⁽¹⁾—
Building Services Engineering Technicians	⁽¹⁾—
Business Administration	340
Children's Care Learning and Development	230
Communications Technologies (Telecoms)	10
Construction	400
Contact Centres	110
Customer Service	330
Dental Nursing	20
Driving Goods Vehicles	10
Electrical and Electronic Servicing	⁽¹⁾—
Electricity Industry	⁽¹⁾—
Electrotechnical	110
Emergency Fire Service Operations	⁽¹⁾—
Engineering	180
Engineering Construction	⁽¹⁾—
Equine Industry	20
Farriery	⁽¹⁾—
Fencing	⁽¹⁾—
Floristry	⁽¹⁾—
Food and Drink Manufacturing Operations	⁽¹⁾—
Furniture Industry	⁽¹⁾—
Gas Industry	20
Glass Industry	⁽¹⁾—
Hairdressing	270
Health and Social Care	140
Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration	10
Hospitality and Catering	360
Industrial Applications	40
IT Services and Development	20
IT User	60
Land-based Service Engineering	10
Mail Services	⁽¹⁾—
Management	60
Meat and Poultry Processing	10
Optical Advisor	⁽¹⁾—
Pharmacy Technicians	⁽¹⁾—
Plumbing	100
Polymer Processing and Signmaking	⁽¹⁾—
Printing	10
Property Services	⁽¹⁾—
Retail	160
Security Industry	⁽¹⁾—
Sporting Excellence	10
Storage and Warehousing	40
Teaching Assistants	⁽¹⁾—
Textiles	⁽¹⁾—
Transport Engineering and Maintenance	⁽¹⁾—
Travel and Tourism Services Leisure and Business	30
Trees and Timber	⁽¹⁾—
Vehicle Body and Paint Operations	20
Vehicle Fitting	10
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair	160
Vehicle Parts Operations	10
Vehicle Sales	⁽¹⁾—
Veterinary Nursing	20
Wholesale, Distribution, Warehousing and Storage	40
Total	3,590
⁽¹⁾ Represents a number less than 10. Notes: 1. Staffordshire local authority based on learner’s home postcode. 2. Figures include apprenticeships, advanced apprenticeships, and a very small number of higher level apprenticeships. 3. Figures may not sum to the total due to rounding. Source: ILR Work-Based Learning Data

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Table 3: Apprenticeship starts in 2006/07 in Newcastle-Under-Lyme parliamentary constituency by sector framework of learning
Sector framework of learning	Starts
Accountancy	20
Active Leisure and Learning	⁽¹⁾—
Agricultural Crops and Livestock	⁽¹⁾—
Amenity Horticulture	⁽¹⁾—
Animal Care	⁽¹⁾—
Automotive Industry	⁽¹⁾—
Building Services Engineering Technicians	⁽¹⁾—
Business Administration	40
Children's Care Learning and Development	30
Construction	40
Contact Centres	50
Customer Service	50
Dental Nursing	⁽¹⁾—
Electrotechnical	10
Engineering	20
Equine Industry	⁽¹⁾—
Furniture Industry	⁽¹⁾—
Gas Industry	⁽¹⁾—
Hairdressing	30
Health and Social Care	10
Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration	⁽¹⁾—
Hospitality and Catering	30
Industrial Applications	10
IT Services and Development	⁽¹⁾—
IT User	20
Management	10
Plumbing	10
Retail	20
Storage and Warehousing	⁽¹⁾—
Textiles	⁽¹⁾—
Travel and Tourism Services Leisure and Business	⁽¹⁾—
Vehicle Body and Paint Operations	⁽¹⁾—
Vehicle Fitting	⁽¹⁾—
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair	20
Vehicle Parts Operations	⁽¹⁾—
Wholesale, Distribution, Warehousing and Storage	⁽¹⁾—
Total	450
⁽¹⁾ Represents a number less than 10. Note: 1. Newcastle-Under-Lyme parliamentary constituency based on learner’s home postcode. 2. Figures include apprenticeships, advanced apprenticeships, and a very small number of higher level apprenticeships. 3. Figures may not sum to the total due to rounding. Source: ILR Work-Based Learning Data

Education Maintenance Allowance: Chelmsford

Mr. Burns: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many students in West Chelmsford constituency are waiting to receive education maintenance allowance payments. [228036]

Jim Knight: I have been asked to reply.

This is a matter for the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) who operate the education maintenance allowance (EMA) for the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) and hold information about payments made under the scheme. Mark Haysom, the LSC's chief executive, will write to the hon. Member for West Chelmsford with the information requested and a copy of his reply will be placed in the House Library.

Educational Institutions: Bank Services

Stephen Williams: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what estimate he has made of the financial exposure of further and higher education institutions in terms of deposits and investments in Icelandic banks and financial institutions. [227794]

Mr. Lammy: I refer the hon. Member to the written statement, 'Universities - Deposits in Icelandic Banks', made by the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills on 14 October. My right hon. Friend told the House that the Higher Education Funding Council for England had identified 12 universities which held deposits with Icelandic banks that have recently entered into
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administration. The total amount deposited was around £77 million. We will, of course, update the House if there are any significant changes to this figure.

Officials from HM Treasury are engaging with the affected universities and HEFCE about their concerns. However, it should be noted that HEFCE has concluded that no university is at risk as a result of its exposure to Icelandic banks. Certainly, no university faces a level of exposure that would raise questions about its continuing solvency.

The Learning and Skills Council has been in contact with further education colleges to ascertain deposit and investment exposure to Icelandic financial institutions.

Information received to date suggests that two further education colleges have some limited exposure but that there is no immediate impact on the solvency position of further education colleges. The LSC is continuing to keep the situation under review and keeping Ministers informed of the implications.

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