Mrs. Maria Miller:
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what financial support his Department offers to part-time students with children. [257618]
Mr. Lammy:
This Government were the first to introduce statutory support for part-time undergraduate students in 2000. In 2004/05 we introduced a package comprising two non-repayable, income assessed grants; a grant towards fee costs and a course grant to pay towards study costs such as travel and books. In 2006/07 we created the most generous package so far for part-time students in England, increasing the maximum fee grant by 27 per cent. and raising the income threshold for receiving support by more than the rate of inflation.
In the current academic year the maximum course grant is £255 and the maximum fee grant is £1,180. Single students with an annual household income of below £16,090 may be eligible for full fee and course grants; those with incomes up to £26,825 may be eligible for partial grants. These income thresholds are increased by £2,000 if the student has one dependent child, by £1,000 for each subsequent dependent child and by a further £2,000 if the student lives with a partner. Additional discretionary support, via the Access to Learning Fund, administered by the higher education institutions, may also be available to help part-time undergraduates with their fees, child care and other costs.
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Vocational Training: Leeds
John Battle:
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many people took a Skills for Life qualification in Leeds West constituency in each year since 2005. [255472]
Mr. Simon:
Table 1 shows Skills for Life participation figures in Leeds West for the academic years 2005-06 to 2007-08.
Skills for Life Participation in Leeds West constituency
Number
2005-06
1,760
2006-07
2,860
2007-08
2,990
Notes:
1. Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10.
2. The table includes learners participating on target-bearing and non-target-bearing Skills for Life qualifications. Source:
Individual Learner Records for: FE, WBL, ASL and Ufi
Young People: Unemployed
Mr. Willetts:
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many people aged 16 to 24 years were not in education, employment or training in each local education authority area in each year from 1997 to 2002. [247135]
Mr. Simon:
The following table shows estimates of the numbers and percentage of people aged(1) 16 to 24 not in education, employment or training (NEET) for local education authorities (LEAs) in England for 2000 to 2002.
Information is only available on young people who are NEET by local education authority for 2000 onwards. These estimates are from the Annual Local Area Labour Force Survey (ALALFS), which began in March 1999. Similar information for local areas is not available prior to this date. Although the ALALFS was conducted in 1999, due to the different way in which information was collected, estimates of NEETs are not comparable with later years and so are not provided.
(1) Age used is the respondent's academic age, which is defined as their age at the preceding 31 August.
Not in Education, Employment or Training (NEET) by LEA (ages 16-24)
Number
Percentage
2000
2001
2002
2000
2001
2002
England
686,000
704,000
730,000
13
14
14
Barking and Dagenham
5,000
5,000
6,000
23
21
25
Barnet
5,000
3,000
4,000
10
9
13
Barnsley
5,000
5,000
6,000
26
21
25
Bath and North East Somerset
1,000
2,000
1,000
8
7
6
Bedfordshire
4,000
4,000
4,000
13
12
8
Bexley
2,000
3,000
3,000
12
13
11
Birmingham
23,000
25,000
22,000
20
22
17
Blackburn with Darwen
4,000
4,000
3,000
20
20
19
Blackpool
3,000
3,000
2,000
22
16
15
Bolton
6,000
4,000
4,000
19
12
13
Bournemouth
1,000
2,000
2,000
7
9
9
Bracknell Forest
1,000
2,000
1,000
9
14
9
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Bradford
10,000
13,000
13,000
19
23
21
Brent
7,000
5,000
4,000
19
11
10
Brighton and Hove
3,000
3,000
4,000
10
9
11
Bristol
5,000
4,000
5,000
11
8
12
Bromley
4,000
3,000
3,000
13
13
13
Buckinghamshire
2,000
4,000
6,000
4
8
11
Bury
3,000
3,000
4,000
16
15
18
Calderdale
4,000
3,000
3,000
19
18
15
Cambridgeshire
6,000
8,000
5,000
11
14
10
Camden
3,000
3,000
4,000
12
15
13
Cheshire
9,000
10,000
6,000
15
15
9
Cornwall
6,000
6,000
5,000
13
13
13
Coventry
5,000
4,000
6,000
16
10
15
Croydon
5,000
5,000
5,000
15
14
13
Cumbria
4,000
6,000
6,000
10
12
14
Darlington
2,000
2,000
2,000
20
16
17
Derby
4,000
4,000
5,000
13
15
18
Derbyshire
9,000
11,000
11,000
13
15
16
Devon
8,000
6,000
7,000
15
12
13
Doncaster
8,000
6,000
8,000
23
19
25
Dorset
3,000
4,000
3,000
9
11
8
Dudley
4,000
7,000
4,000
12
18
11
Durham
10,000
8,000
9,000
20
17
19
Ealing
7,000
5,000
4,000
19
15
9
East Riding of Yorkshire
3,000
3,000
3,000
11
11
12
East Sussex
5,000
4,000
5,000
11
10
12
Enfield
2,000
3,000
6,000
5
11
22
Essex
11,000
13,000
23,000
9
11
19
Gateshead
4,000
3,000
4,000
18
16
18
Gloucestershire
2,000
6,000
7,000
5
10
12
Greenwich
4,000
4,000
4,000
17
15
19
Hackney
4,000
8,000
3,000
18
29
12
Halton
2,000
4,000
3,000
18
27
21
Hammersmith and Fulham
2,000
2,000
2,000
10
10
11
Hampshire
10,000
9,000
10,000
10
8
10
Haringey
6,000
6,000
5,000
25
19
21
Harrow
2,000
2,000
1,000
9
9
3
Hartlepool
2,000
3,000
3,000
23
26
23
Havering
1,000
3,000
3,000
7
12
10
Herefordshire
2,000
1,000
2,000
10
8
15
Hertfordshire
9,000
9,000
8,000
9
9
9
Hillingdon
4,000
3,000
3,000
18
11
10
Hounslow
2,000
3,000
3,000
8
10
12
Isle of Wight
2,000
2,000
3,000
18
17
17
Islington
4,000
5,000
4,000
17
20
18
Kensington and Chelsea
1,000
2,000
2,000
8
13
9
Kent
13,000
17,000
18,000
11
14
13
Kingston upon Hull
6,000
8,000
6,000
18
23
16
Kingston upon Thames
1,000
1,000
2,000
5
7
9
Kirklees
8,000
7,000
8,000
17
15
19
Knowsley
3,000
4,000
4,000
17
25
22
Lambeth
3,000
3,000
5,000
8
8
16
Lancashire
14,000
14,000
13,000
13
13
12
Leeds
6,000
9,000
7,000
7
10
8
Leicester
6,000
5,000
7,000
14
13
16
Leicestershire
4,000
5,000
5,000
7
8
8
Lewisham
4,000
5,000
5,000
13
16
16
Lincolnshire
8,000
7,000
9,000
13
12
14
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Liverpool
11,000
9,000
12,000
19
17
20
Luton
5,000
4,000
5,000
21
14
17
Manchester
8,000
11,000
11,000
13
17
20
Medway
3,000
4,000
4,000
10
14
14
Merton
3,000
1,000
2,000
13
7
13
Middlesbrough
5,000
3,000
4,000
25
21
22
Milton Keynes
3,000
2,000
3,000
12
8
11
Newcastle upon Tyne
5,000
5,000
6,000
15
16
14
Newham
9,000
9,000
9,000
24
22
23
Norfolk
8,000
9,000
9,000
11
13
12
North East Lincolnshire
4,000
4,000
4,000
18
21
22
North Lincolnshire
3,000
2,000
3,000
18
15
16
North Somerset
1,000
2,000
2,000
4
10
11
North Tyneside
4,000
5,000
3,000
19
22
14
North Yorkshire
4,000
4,000
5,000
11
8
11
Northamptonshire
9,000
7,000
6,000
15
11
12
Northumberland
3,000
5,000
5,000
12
17
19
Nottingham
7,000
6,000
6,000
19
16
13
Nottinghamshire
10,000
10,000
10,000
13
14
13
Oldham
5,000
5,000
5,000
24
21
22
Oxfordshire
6,000
6,000
5,000
8
10
8
Peterborough
3,000
3,000
4,000
16
16
18
Plymouth
3,000
5,000
5,000
10
19
15
Poole
2,000
2,000
2,000
13
12
14
Portsmouth
3,000
3,000
3,000
10
10
11
Reading
2,000
3,000
3,000
9
13
12
Redbridge
3,000
5,000
4,000
11
18
16
Redcar and Cleveland
3,000
4,000
3,000
22
25
22
Richmond upon Thames
1,000
1,000
1,000
7
10
7
Rochdale
5,000
4,000
5,000
22
18
21
Rotherham
3,000
5,000
5,000
12
18
16
Rutland
(1)—
(1)—
(1)—
(1)—
(1)—
(1)—
Salford
4,000
7,000
5,000
16
22
18
Sandwell
7,000
5,000
6,000
22
17
20
Sefton
4,000
4,000
5,000
17
14
16
Sheffield
8,000
8,000
10,000
14
14
15
Shropshire
4,000
3,000
2,000
15
11
9
Slough
2,000
3,000
2,000
10
12
14
Solihull
2,000
3,000
2,000
11
11
7
Somerset
5,000
3,000
5,000
11
6
11
South Gloucestershire
2,000
1,000
2,000
8
6
7
South Tyneside
4,000
4,000
4,000
23
20
20
Southampton
4,000
3,000
5,000
11
9
12
Southend on Sea
3,000
3,000
2,000
18
19
15
Southwark
5,000
5,000
5,000
18
19
18
St Helens
4,000
2,000
2,000
20
12
12
Staffordshire
8,000
6,000
9,000
11
8
11
Stockport
2,000
2,000
2,000
8
10
7
Stockton-on-Tees
3,000
2,000
4,000
18
13
22
Stoke-on-Trent
5,000
5,000
5,000
18
15
19
Suffolk
6,000
10,000
7,000
10
16
11
Sunderland
8,000
7,000
4,000
24
21
12
Surrey
6,000
9,000
7,000
6
9
8
Sutton
2,000
2,000
1,000
16
8
7
Swindon
3,000
2,000
1,000
15
9
7
Tameside
3,000
3,000
3,000
13
14
13
Telford and Wrekin
3,000
2,000
3,000
16
14
13
Thurrock
2,000
2,000
2,000
12
12
12
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Torbay
2,000
2,000
2,000
18
17
13
Tower Hamlets
8,000
9,000
10,000
21
22
25
Trafford
3,000
3,000
3,000
12
11
13
Wakefield
7,000
5,000
5,000
21
15
14
Walsall
4,000
5,000
5,000
13
17
18
Waltham Forest
4,000
5,000
6,000
12
18
21
Wandsworth
2,000
4,000
5,000
7
13
16
Warrington
3,000
3,000
3,000
16
17
16
Warwickshire
7,000
5,000
7,000
14
11
16
West Berkshire
1,000
1,000
1,000
9
7
7
West Sussex
5,000
4,000
7,000
8
6
10
Westminster
3,000
4,000
3,000
12
13
14
Wigan
6,000
6,000
5,000
18
18
15
Wiltshire
5,000
2,000
3,000
13
4
7
Windsor and Maidenhead
2,000
1,000
2,000
13
11
13
Wirral
6,000
4,000
5,000
21
13
16
Wokingham
2,000
2,000
1,000
9
11
7
Wolverhampton
6,000
6,000
6,000
19
20
18
Worcestershire
5,000
4,000
5,000
12
10
9
York
2,000
2,000
2,000
8
9
7
(1) Figures have been suppressed where the sample size is too small. Source:
Annual Local Area Labour Force Survey
