Chris Ruane:
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what proportion of people in each ward in each of the principal seaside towns of England were participating in (a) higher and (b) further education in each of the last three years. [257333]
Mr. Simon:
Information on participation in further or higher education is not available at ward level.
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Table 1 shows enrolments in Higher Education for each local authority, for 2005/06 to 2007/08. Table 2 shows FE and Skills participation for each local authority, for 2005/06 to 2007/08, the latest year for which we have fully audited information. Information on FE and Skills participation is also available on the Data Service website, and was released alongside the post-16 education statistical first release, which was published on 18 December 2008:
A copy of these tables has been provided and the relevant data will be placed in the Library.
Information is not available on the proportion of people in each local authority in further or higher education.
Table 1: Enrolments( 1) by LA in England, UK Higher Education Institutions, academic years 2005/06 to 2007/08
Local authority
2005/06
2006/07
2007/08
City of London
430
465
520
Camden
9,260
9,320
9,365
Greenwich
8,710
8,720
8,770
Hackney
9,945
10,065
10,220
Hammersmith and Fulham
6,300
6,355
6,480
Islington
8,430
8,475
8,685
Kensington and Chelsea
5,565
5,480
5,600
Lambeth
12,330
12,415
12,730
Lewisham
11,255
11,390
11,620
Southwark
12,370
12,295
12,525
Tower Hamlets
8,010
8,275
8,615
Wandsworth
10,945
10,955
11,185
Westminster
8,090
8,005
8,140
Barking and Dagenham
4,510
4,735
4,910
Barnet
15,390
15,490
15,685
Bexley
6,420
6,500
6,710
Brent
12,430
12,305
12,455
Bromley
10,115
10,270
10,280
Croydon
12,040
12,365
12,800
Ealing
13,430
13,565
13,935
Enfield
11,575
11,610
11,535
Haringey
10,845
10,895
11,090
Harrow
10,485
10,425
10,620
Havering
5,620
5,480
5,630
Hillingdon
8,230
8,330
8,400
Hounslow
8,040
8,170
8,285
Kingston upon Thames
6,430
6,460
6,465
Merton
7,185
7,130
7,350
Newham
11,335
11,565
11,710
Redbridge
10,830
10,900
11,025
Richmond upon Thames
7,375
7,530
7,560
Sutton
5,740
5,835
6,020
Waltham Forest
9,540
9,475
9,500
Birmingham
32,540
32,575
32,415
Coventry
9,960
9,560
10,775
Dudley
7,215
7,275
7,300
Sandwell
6,510
6,515
6,605
Solihull
6,385
6,500
6,975
Walsall
6,160
6,170
6,225
Wolverhampton
7,410
7,435
7,350
Knowsley
3,850
3,980
3,885
Liverpool
14,850
15,360
14,670
St. Helens
4,880
4,875
4,520
Sefton
9,755
10,150
9,285
Wirral
11,275
11,565
11,190
Bolton
8,545
8,515
7,850
Bury
6,330
6,240
6,065
Manchester
14,420
14,440
14,140
Oldham
5,945
5,935
5,835
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Rochdale
5,925
5,850
5,690
Salford
5,360
5,280
5,090
Stockport
9,250
9,105
8,725
Tameside
5,055
5,115
5,060
Trafford
8,385
8,240
8,025
Wigan
7,810
7,890
7,195
Barnsley
4,275
4,460
4,505
Doncaster
5,610
5,705
5,640
Rotherham
5,390
5,455
5,410
Sheffield
15,150
15,565
15,750
Bradford
12,805
12,580
12,465
Calderdale
5,495
5,495
5,455
Kirklees
11,440
11,390
11,330
Leeds
21,815
22,000
21,495
Wakefield
6,930
6,945
6,745
Gateshead
4,895
5,150
5,195
Newcastle upon Tyne
8,965
9,215
8,955
North Tyneside
5,905
6,065
6,145
South Tyneside
3,920
3,945
3,870
Sunderland
7,530
7,685
7,415
Isles Of Scilly
65
50
45
Bath and North East Somerset
6,625
6,090
6,090
Bristol, City of
14,470
14,205
13,135
North Somerset
5,895
5,685
5,675
South Gloucestershire
7,380
7,325
7,445
Hartlepool
2,730
2,815
2,665
Middlesbrough
5,260
5,600
5,475
Redcar and Cleveland
5,055
5,165
4,895
Stockton-on-Tees
6,940
7,030
6,950
Kingston upon Hull, City of
5,985
6,260
6,025
East Riding of Yorkshire
10,830
10,800
10,220
North East Lincolnshire
3,180
3,255
3,105
North Lincolnshire
3,630
3,760
3,635
North Yorkshire
20,540
19,900
19,605
York
6,660
6,625
6,325
Bedfordshire
12,000
12,195
12,160
Luton
5,890
5,790
5,840
Buckinghamshire
18,070
18,000
17,965
Milton Keynes
7,810
7,470
7,570
Derbyshire
19,530
19,535
19,540
Derby
7,470
7,315
7,200
Dorset
11,300
11,175
11,075
Poole
3,900
3,890
3,845
Bournemouth
4,520
4,775
4,675
Durham
13,125
13,575
13,305
Darlington
3,240
3,345
3,260
East Sussex
14,515
14,510
14,555
Brighton and Hove
9,800
9,955
9,940
Hampshire
36,900
36,865
36,160
Portsmouth
5,065
5,225
5,005
Southampton
6,330
6,310
5,885
Leicestershire
18,370
18,415
18,730
Leicester
10,270
10,410
10,590
Rutland
1,245
1,255
1,335
Staffordshire
24,400
24,290
24,230
Stoke-on-Trent
5,490
5,575
5,620
Wiltshire
13,135
13,160
13,175
Swindon
4,165
4,155
4,115
Bracknell Forest
2,975
2,965
2,990
Windsor and Maidenhead
4,770
4,810
4,790
West Berkshire
4,570
4,650
4,645
Reading
5,120
5,000
4,990
Slough
4,070
4,090
4,220
Wokingham
6,470
6,475
6,360
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Cambridgeshire
19,360
19,480
17,240
Peterborough
4,030
3,945
4,080
Cheshire
23,985
23,760
22,505
Halton
3,080
3,275
3,030
Warrington
5,795
5,940
5,845
Devon
21,885
22,105
21,345
Plymouth
7,765
7,615
7,720
Torbay
3,280
3,255
3,095
Essex
35,190
34,805
34,910
Southend-on-Sea
4,360
4,320
4,290
Thurrock
2,880
2,900
2,990
Herefordshire
5,175
5,215
5,025
Worcestershire
16,630
16,605
16,195
Kent
40,505
41,070
40,995
Medway
6,770
6,940
7,050
Lancashire
40,175
40,855
33,950
Blackburn and Darwen
4,265
4,280
3,660
Blackpool
3,045
3,055
2,515
Nottinghamshire
20,745
20,395
20,225
Nottingham
7,355
7,195
7,005
Shropshire
8,790
9,185
8,790
Telford and Wrekin
4,225
4,190
4,165
Cornwall
15,265
15,540
15,390
Cumbria
16,075
15,860
13,820
Gloucestershire
17,075
16,690
16,690
Hertfordshire
34,745
34,760
34,920
Isle of Wight
3,445
3,380
3,210
Lincolnshire
17,950
18,340
18,140
Norfolk
20,135
21,490
20,180
Northamptonshire
17,885
18,035
18,610
Northumberland
9,590
9,805
9,530
Oxfordshire
22,975
23,435
23,190
Somerset
14,045
13,930
13,885
Suffolk
15,585
16,285
18,570
Surrey
35,060
35,140
34,990
Warwickshire
15,795
15,550
17,125
West Sussex
20,370
20,325
20,195
Total England
1,572,185
1,580,155
1,561,800
(1) Covers enrolments to all levels of study and of all domiciles. Notes:
Figures are based on a HESA standard registration population and have been rounded to the nearest five, so components may not sum to totals.
Local Authority is based on the home postcode of the learner.
Learners with missing/invalid postcodes and learners with a postcode outside of England are not included in these figures. Source:
Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA).
