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The following table shows the number of higher education students receiving childcare grant in England in each year since 2004/05⁽¹⁾; consistent information is not available before 2004/05. The table also shows the average payment and the total expenditure in each year.

⁽¹⁾ Student numbers are rounded to the nearest 100, average amounts are rounded to the nearest £10.

Academic year	Students	Amount (£ million)	Average (£)
2004/05	6,700	18.5	2,760
2005/06	7,300	22.1	3,040
2006/07	8,300	27.2	3,270
2007/08	8,900	31.2	3,490

Students receiving childcare grant make up around 1 per cent. of higher education students applying for some form of student finance support.

While information is available on students who receive a childcare grant, information is not held centrally
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which identifies students with children under three, who do not apply for a childcare grant. Therefore the numbers in the table do not necessarily cover all full-time students with children under the age of three. No information is held centrally which identifies part-time students with children under the age of three.

Students: Finance

Mr. Willetts: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many students in each subject area received funding from the Learning and Skills Council in each year since 2003-04. [247134]

Mr. Simon: Table 1 shows the number of learner enrolments/starts by sector subject area which were funded by the Learning and Skills Council, from 2004/05 to 2007/08 academic year. Data cannot be provided on a comparable basis for 2003/04.

Table 1: Number of learner enrolments/starts by sector subject area which were funded by the Learning and Skills Council, 2004/05 to 2007/08
2004/05
Sector subject area	Adult and community learning enrolments	Further education enrolments	University for industry enrolments	Work based learning starts	Train to gain starts
Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Care	22,500	103,300	800	4,800	*
Arts, Media and Publishing	400,600	552,000	11,000	500	*
Business, Administration and Law	12,500	396,900	74,200	40,400	*
Construction, Planning and the Built Environment	15,800	158,200	2,000	25,800	*
Education and Training	1,100	97,000	400	100	*
Engineering and Manufacturing Technologies	5,200	211,900	42,600	35,400	*
Health, Public Services and Care	63,700	1,039,100	25,400	25,700	*
History, Philosophy and Theology	*	143,800	800	*	*
Information and Communication Technology	111,800	907,600	430,900	6,100	*
Languages, Literature and Culture	117,300	410,000	27,200	*	*
Leisure, Travel and Tourism	303,200	277,800	1,200	6,800	*
Preparation for Life and Work	176,000	2,294,100	392,000	300	*
Retail and Commercial Enterprise	36,100	291,900	700	45,800	*
Science and Mathematics	4,700	345,900	800	*	*
Social Sciences	29,900	132,900	100	*	*
Not Known	1,300	649,500	300	58,100	*
Total	1,301,900	8,012,000	1,010,500	249,800	*

2005/06
Sector subject area	Adult and community learning enrolments	Further education enrolments	University for industry enrolments	Work based learning starts	Train to gain starts
Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Care	18,400	92,600	500	4,200	500
Arts, Media and Publishing	367,100	495,800	5,000	300	*
Business, Administration and Law	8,100	331,800	53,200	38,500	4,800
Construction, Planning and the Built Environment	8,600	150,200	*	21,700	4,100
Education and Training	8,500	107,200	500	100	300
Engineering and Manufacturing Technologies	7,900	200,600	18,200	31,100	5,400
Health, Public Services and Care	72,800	862,200	15,700	22,700	8,000
History, Philosophy and Theology	17,800	138,400	700	*	—
Information and Communication Technology	125,900	716,300	264,000	7,500	600
Languages, Literature and Culture	99,800	353,300	12,300	*	*
Leisure, Travel and Tourism	207,800	226,700	1,100	5,900	500
Preparation for Life and Work	190,100	2,321,800	563,300	*	3,600
Retail and Commercial Enterprise	40,000	276,000	1,400	40,200	4,600
Science and Mathematics	3,700	308,100	1,000	*	*
Social Sciences	4,700	92,900	100	*	—
Not Known	1,300	596,800	*	55,800	*
Total	1,182,600	7,270,700	937,100	228,200	32,400

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2006/07
Sector subject area	Adult and community learning enrolments	Further education enrolments	University for industry enrolments	Work based learning starts	Train to gain starts
Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Care	15,500	79,900	100	3,900	2,800
Arts, Media and Publishing	325,600	449,200	1,700	200	100
Business, Administration and Law	9,200	311,600	10,200	37,400	32,900
Construction, Planning and the Built Environment	6,800	139,000	*	27,500	32,400
Education and Training	8,900	94,600	100	100	2,000
Engineering and Manufacturing Technologies	6,500	164,900	5,100	34,700	24,600
Health, Public Services and Care	69,900	590,700	3,800	23,700	47,000
History, Philosophy and Theology	15,500	131,800	200	*	—
Information and Communication Technology	129,100	513,600	103,700	6,400	5,900
Languages, Literature and Culture	102,600	304,500	3,100	*	*
Leisure, Travel and Tourism	166,200	212,900	200	5,600	5,000
Preparation for Life and Work	213,300	1,868,600	466,700	*	19,300
Retail and Commercial Enterprise	34,600	230,700	300	43,000	34,200
Science and Mathematics	4,600	302,600	700	*	100
Social Sciences	1,900	86,400	*	*	—
Not Known	*	564,800	29,700	53,300	*
Total	1,110,200	6,045,800	625,900	235,900	206,300

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