Mrs. May:
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what percentage of employees in his Department are (a) on a flexible working contract, (b) on a job share employment contract and (c) work from home for more than four hours a week. [233855]
Mr. Simon:
Any member of staff can request a change to their working pattern and line managers consider requests in line with the Department’s policy and guidance.
13 per cent. of all staff work part-time but information is not held centrally on how many job share and information could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
There is one person who has a formal home-working contract and works more than four hours a week from home.
Departmental ICT
Paul Holmes:
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many (a) memory sticks, (b) laptop computers, (c) desktop computers, (d) hard drives and (e) mobile telephones were (i) lost by and (ii) stolen from his Department in each year since its inception. [234091]
Mr. Simon:
The records do not distinguish between lost and stolen items.
2007-08
2008 to date
(a) memory sticks
one lost and subsequently recovered.
None
(b) laptop computers
one lost and subsequently recovered
None
(c) desktop computers
None
None
(d) hard drives
None
None
(e) mobile telephones
2
2
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Departmental Written Questions
Mr. Willetts:
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what proportion of Questions for written answer tabled to his Department in each month of the current parliamentary Session were answered within (a) one week, (b) one fortnight and (c) one month. [235361]
Mr. Simon:
The information requested can be provided only at disproportionate cost.
English Language: Immigrants
Chris Huhne:
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many places were available on English for Speakers of Other Languages courses for immigrants in each of the last 10 years. [234315]
Mr. Simon:
Since 2001, the Government fund English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) courses through the Skills for Life strategy as part of the Learning and Skills Council’s (LSC’s) overall adult skills budget.
The data collected by LSC cover all eligible ESOL learners in England whether they are long-term residents or recently arrived in the UK.
Providers are not required to hold a specific number of ESOL places but rather meet learner demand within the funds allocated. The data collected shows the number of enrolments by learners on courses with Skills for Life ESOL learning aim.
Learning aims enrolled
2001/02
302,254
2002/03
409,749
2003/04
455,080
2004/05
538,681
2005/06
549,558
2006/07
335,232
Higher Education: Admissions
Mr. Willetts:
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many UK-domiciled undergraduate students studied at universities in England in 2006-07. [235327]
Mr. Lammy:
In the 2006-07 academic year there were 1,356,055 UK domiciled undergraduate enrolments at English higher education institutions.
Mr. Willetts:
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many students there are for doctoral degrees at each university in England. [235328]
Mr. Lammy:
Figures are given in the following table. The latest period for which figures are available is the 2006/07 academic year; figures for the 2007/08 academic year will be available in late January 2009.
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Doctorate enrolments( 1) by higher education institution—English higher education institutions
2006/07 academic year
Higher education institution
Doctorate enrolments
Open University
780
Cranfield University
960
Royal College of Art
40
Royal College of Nursing
5
Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College
45
Central School of Speech and Drama
10
University of Chester
40
Canterbury Christ Church University
310
York St. John University
25
College of St. Mark and St John
5
Partington College of Arts
45
Edge Hill University
20
University College Falmouth
5
Harper Adams University College
25
University of Winchester
80
Liverpool Hope University
25
University of the Arts, London
80
University of Bedfordshire
135
University of Northampton
105
Newman College of Higher Education
5
Roehampton University
140
Royal Academy of Music
10
Royal College of Music
20
Southampton Solent University
25
St. Martin's College
50
St. Mary’s University College, Twickenham
10
Leeds Trinity and All Saints
5
University of Worcester
95
Anglia Ruskin University
295
Bath Spa University
60
University of Bolton
110
Bournemouth University
170
University of Brighton
300
University of Central England in Birmingham
110
University of Central Lancashire
290
University of Gloucestershire
155
Coventry University
285
University of Derby
200
University of East London
690
University of Greenwich
210
University of Hertfordshire
400
University of Huddersfield
300
University of Lincoln
240
Kingston University
385
Leeds Metropolitan University
270
Liverpool John Moores University
270
Manchester Metropolitan University
465
Middlesex University
345
De Montfort University
395
University of Northumbria at Newcastle
450
Nottingham Trent University
440
Oxford Brookes University
250
University of Plymouth
540
University of Portsmouth
460
Sheffield Hallam University
460
London South Bank University
205
Staffordshire University
205
University of Sunderland
250
University of Teesside
225
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Thames Valley University
55
University of the West of England, Bristol
640
University of Chichester
15
University of Westminster
205
University of Wolverhampton
185
Aston University
335
University of Bath
920
University of Birmingham
3,190
University of Bradford
460
University of Bristol
2,220
Brunei University
960
University of Cambridge
5,455
City University
695
University of Durham
1,535
University of East Anglia
1,250
University of Essex
1,215
University of Exeter
1,285
University of Hull
705
University of Keele
535
University of Kent
470
University of Lancaster
990
University of Leeds
2,465
University of Leicester
1,735
University of Liverpool
1,320
Birkbeck College
465
Goldsmiths College
615
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine
1,155
Institute of Education
380
King’s College London
1,690
London Business School
70
London School of Economics and Political Science
1,050
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
135
Queen Mary and Westfield College
780
Royal Holloway and Bedford New College
930
Royal Veterinary College
150
St. George’s Hospital Medical School
200
School of Oriental and African Studies
745
School of Pharmacy
150
University College London
1,440
University of London (Institutes and activities)
120
Loughborough University
1,100
University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
2,390
University of Nottingham
3,335
University of Oxford
5,040
University of Reading
1,110
University of Salford
570
University of Sheffield
1,985
University of Southampton
2,500
University of Surrey
1,445
University of Sussex
1,190
University of Warwick
1,905
University of York
1,425
Institute of Cancer Research
100
Norwich School of Art and Design
5
Royal Agricultural College
15
Conservatoire for Dance and Drama
5
Courtauld Institute of Art
110
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London Metropolitan University
255
University of Buckingham
40
University of Manchester
4,470
Heythrop College
35
University College for the Creative Arts at Canterbury
35
Total
80,490
(1) Figures cover enrolments from all domiciles on full-time and part-time courses. Notes:
Figures are on a HESA Standard Registration Population (SRP) basis and are rounded to the nearest five therefore components may not sum to the total. Source:
Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) Student Record
