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Innovation, Universities and Skills

Apprentices: Darlington

Mr. Milburn: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many new (a) apprenticeships and (b) training places are planned to be made available for people in Darlington constituency in the next 12 months. [258255]

Mr. Simon: Information on planned apprenticeship and training volumes is available at national level only.

Table 1 as follows shows FE and skills participation for the Darlington local authority area in 2007-08, the latest complete year for which fully audited information is available. This information is not available by parliamentary constituency.

Table 2 as follows shows apprenticeship starts for the Darlington parliamentary constituency in 2007-08.

Table 1: FE and skills participation, Darlington local authority, 2007/08 (provisional)
Age Number

16-18

2,800

19+

5,900

All learners

8,800

Notes:
1. Volumes are rounded to the nearest 100.
2. These figures include FE, University for Industry, WBL (including apprenticeships, entry to employment), train to gain and adult safeguarded learning.
3. Final 2007/08 data will be published in March 2009.
4. This table uses learner volumes as a measure for comparative purposes. Full-year numbers are a count of the number of learners that participated at any point during the year.
5. Learners that are included in different data collections e.g. a learner undertaking an apprenticeship and a train to gain qualification, will be counted twice in this table.
6. Age is calculated based upon age as at 31 August of the academic year.
7. Local authority is based on home postcode of the learner.

Table 2: Apprenticeship starts in Darlington p arliamentary constituency, 2007/ 08
Age Number

Below 19

290

19+

340

All learners

630

Notes:
1. Volumes are rounded to the nearest 10.
2. These figures include WBL (apprenticeships only).
3. This table uses programme starts as a measure for comparative purposes. Full-year numbers are a count of the number of starts at any point during the year. Learners starting more than one course will appear more than once.
4. Parliamentary constituency is based on home postcode of the learner.
Source:
WBL ILR.

The Government are committed to rebuilding apprenticeships. Since 1997 we have witnessed a renaissance in apprenticeships from a low point of 65,000 to a record 225,000 apprenticeship starts in 2007/08. Completion rates are also at a record high with 64 per cent. successfully completing an apprenticeship—up from 37 per cent. in 2004/05. A remarkable achievement.

Departmental Ministerial Policy Advisers

Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how much has been claimed in reimbursable expenses by special advisers in his Department in 2008-09 to date. [260357]

Mr. Simon: Special advisers have claimed £1,770.74 in reimbursable expenses in 2008-09.

Special advisers are temporary civil servants and are therefore entitled to claim expenses available to other
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civil servants. Guidance on claiming expenses can be found in chapter 8 of the civil service guide:

Higher Education: Admissions

Mr. Leech: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many people resident in Manchester, Withington constituency were admitted to universities in England in 2008. [258921]

Mr. Lammy: In the 2007/08 academic year 1,760 students were admitted to English Higher Education Institutions from Manchester Withington parliamentary constituency. This figure covers entrants to higher education courses of all levels and modes and has been rounded to the nearest five. This figure has been taken from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) student record and is based on a standard registration population.

Figures for the 2008/09 academic year will be available in January 2010.

Jim Cousins: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many residents of the city of Newcastle upon Tyne enrolled in higher education institutions on a (a) full-time and (b) part-time basis in (i) 1997, (ii) 2002 and (iii) 2008. [259689]

Mr. Lammy: The latest available information is shown in the following table. Figures for the 2008/09 academic year will be available in January 2010.

Enrolments( 1) from Newcastle Upon Tyne local authority by mode of study UK higher education institutions—a cademic years 1997/98, 2002/03 and 2007/08

Full-time Part-time

1997/98

3,730

3,335

2002/03

4,370

3,230

2007/08

4,765

3,455

(1) Covers enrolments on all levels of study.
Note:
Figures are on a snapshot basis as at 1 December and are rounded to the nearest five.
Source:
Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA)

Jim Cousins: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many (a) home and EU full-time students, (b) overseas non-EU full-time students and (c) home and EU part-time students enrolled at higher education institutions in the city of Newcastle upon Tyne in (i) 1997, (ii) 2002 and (iii) 2008. [259690]


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Mr. Lammy: The latest available information is shown in the following table. Figures for the 2008/09 academic year will be available in January 2010.

Enrolments at the university of Northumbria and the university of Newcastle by domicile and mode of study: UK higher education institutions—academic years 1997/98, 2002/03 and 2007/08
Institution Domicile Mode 1997/98 2002/03 2007/08

University of Northumbria

UK

Full-time

11,975

13,690

15,425

Part-time

5,520

6,685

6,925

EU

Full-time

940

755

700

Part-time

75

190

165

Non-EU

Full-time

990

1,655

2,780

Part-time

80

260

935

University of Newcastle

UK

Full-time

10,185

12,135

14,145

Part-time

3,800

2,200

1,355

EU

Full-time

710

745

955

Part-time

60

135

110

Non-EU

Full-time

1,135

1,955

2,280

Part-time

150

195

100

Note:
Figures are on a snapshot basis as at 1 December and have been rounded to the nearest five.
Source:
Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA)

Higher Education: Finance

Mr. Willetts: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how much has been paid to each higher education institution through the Access to Learning Fund in each year since 2005-06. [258546]

Mr. Lammy: Payments to individual higher education institutions for the Access to Learning Fund for academic years 2005/06 to 2008/09 are listed in the following table.


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Access to Learning Fund payments to higher education institutions (includes March 2009 scheduled payment)
Institution name 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09

Anglia Ruskin University

1,116,696

1,063,420

812,139

685,360

Aston University

289,237

241,845

228,461

167,826

University of Bath

278,680

182,141

197,262

162,286

Bath Spa University

500,462

375,394

309,263

262,465

University of Bedfordshire

456,700

578,664

558,312

470,924

Birkbeck College

50,532

339,385

450,994

594,240

University of Birmingham

733,953

679,866

638,096

514,265

Birmingham City University

1,374,943

1,302,098

1,102,614

933,787

University College Birmingham

107,095

162,208

150,085

173,757

Bishop Grosseteste University College, Lincoln

158,674

128,338

101,018

75,127

University of Bolton

519,321

469,456

334,776

346,887

Arts Institute at Bournemouth

71,341

86,941

78,649

61,565

Bournemouth University

564,214

582,350

495,621

414,161

University of Bradford

485,923

606,857

476,048

400,309

University of Brighton

753,928

818,413

469,634

450,352

University of Bristol

328,942

210,501

301,304

236,070

Brunei University

626,369

439,091

233,793

204,839

Buckinghamshire New University

383,446

342,259

246,524

210,483

University of Cambridge

571,500

309,796

310,616

143,401

Institute of Cancer Research

1,240

2,375

2,022

-3,157

Canterbury Christ Church University

729,503

662,068

516,757

471,743

University of Central Lancashire

1,302,246

661,382

598,355

865,275

Central School of Speech and Drama

57,715

37,916

25,842

27,441

University of Chester

477,729

514,494

510,791

334,972

University of Chichester

308,187

154,880

160,885

170,082

City University, London

345,365

468,653

501,646

294,295

Courtauld Institute of Art

10,153

8,172

8,845

1,716

Coventry University

748,539

728,351

660,725

519,621

Cranfield University

58,813

56,338

51,319

32,590

University for the Creative Arts

290,823

215,726

187,577

163,010

University of Cumbria

0

0

445,666

339,692

Cumbria Institute (now part of University of Cumbria)

51,366

59,645

0

0

St. Martin’s College H.E. (now part of University of Cumbria)

470,290

394,837

0

0

Conservatoire for Dance and Drama

45,465

43,236

34,076

20,762

De Montfort University

1,289,337

860,860

751,798

600,616

University of Derby

962,335

870,599

732,608

603,723

University of Durham

427,085

370,968

238,873

195,615

University of East Anglia

433,769

595,369

739,903

586,982

University of East London

1,078,995

1,080,188

940,620

913,000

Edge Hill University

865,326

570,657

586,648

533,737

Institute of Education

169,064

58,509

69,785

48,752

University of Essex

353,687

359,769

286,948

286,053

University of Exeter

474,217

359,713

352,993

260,308

University College Falmouth

195,112

147,758

131,896

118,365

Dartington College of Arts (now part of University College Falmouth)

53,525

38,435

27,976

0

University of Gloucestershire

417,716

287,372

265,475

204,422

Goldsmiths College, University of London

412,786

310,097

272,546

206,315

University of Greenwich

1,207,557

1,174,148

874,673

733,177

Guildhall School of Music and Drama

0

15,773

22,923

16,748

Harper Adams University College

60,338

34,145

42,650

41,941

University of Hertfordshire

479,683

686,428

644,330

502,074

Heythrop College

0

12,384

18,783

20,857

University of Huddersfield

1,050,536

1,073,647

839,096

750,620

University of Hull

987,234

796,213

618,118

535,937

Imperial College London

337,891

193,524

210,831

149,654

Keele University

346,756

256,518

267,549

200,716

University of Kent

649,723

536,643

487,974

409,310

King’s College London

558,983

622,746

447,088

324,795

Kingston University

974,362

894,346

753,477

585,854

Lancaster University

371,800

251,217

177,385

163,992

University of Leeds

1,188,086

856,804

760,178

558,472

Leeds Metropolitan University

1,097,250

1,010,919

656,889

632,898

Leeds College of Music

39,321

23,151

20,264

20,006

Leeds Trinity and All Saints

138,028

114,420

106,833

78,034

University of Leicester

485,305

407,419

367,240

302,221

University of Lincoln

808,428

592,583

410,940

339,980

University of Liverpool

762,939

568,826

492,662

376,041

Liverpool Hope University

579,311

533,802

358,844

305,560

Liverpool John Moores University

1,102,333

869,951

796,724

706,936

Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts

0

13,520

18,358

7,233

University of the Arts London

525,534

605,308

479,699

438,301

Wimbledon College of Art (now part of University of the Arts London)

45,249

0

0

0

University of London

8,287

6,552

5,415

3,561

London Business School

11,966

27,105

17,817

9,600

London School of Economics and Political Science

83,894

92,001

77,760

52,777

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

4,157

18,725

14,460

10,257

London Metropolitan University

1,378,819

1,153,917

833,003

834,760

London South Bank University

787,410

767,377

900,243

648,460

Loughborough University

424,387

275,832

293,965

206,445

University of Manchester

1,212,946

951,515

891,336

635,577

Manchester Metropolitan University

1,887,620

1,450,274

1,330,281

990,490

Middlesex University

1,055,117

868,101

856,205

624,237

University of Newcastle upon Tyne

380,296

235,228

287,441

206,217

Newman University College

225,682

139,740

92,698

90,094

University of Northampton

496,967

474,649

326,439

356,191

University of Northumbria at Newcastle

1,082,794

1,088,932

836,727

687,785

Norwich University College of the Arts

75,102

58,325

51,778

33,988

University of Nottingham

552,448

673,473

595,251

560,031

Nottingham Trent University

1,173,955

943,582

685,815

563,920

Open University

-1,454,893

5,432,182

5,888,260

7,984,851

School of Oriental and African Studies

149,707

149,088

107,399

77,545

University of Oxford

311,735

203,967

232,155

172,532

Oxford Brookes University

562,662

565,754

508,745

388,205

School of Pharmacy

40,279

31,900

27,354

17,217

University of Plymouth

1,698,965

1,532,704

1,362,969

1,214,415

University College Plymouth St. Mark and St. John

314,431

199,702

175,548

129,740

University of Portsmouth

969,593

705,093

576,800

501,186

Queen Mary, University of London

397,289

362,695

345,176

271,796

Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication

88,953

66,744

48,355

39,004

University of Reading

398,729

332,907

227,971

213,612

Roehampton University

597,032

383,180

327,495

235,745

Rose Bruford College

41,987

33,606

27,093

25,752

Royal Academy of Music

16,884

16,216

17,009

10,418

Royal Agricultural College

19,383

22,876

20,759

15,326

Royal College of Art

31,577

43,079

38,913

30,563

Royal College of Music

14,084

13,448

15,876

8,666

Royal Holloway, University of London

217,887

160,675

183,502

131,770

Royal Northern College of Music

20,461

13,351

17,513

10,543

Royal Veterinary College

49,609

42,250

59,970

43,988

St. George’s Hospital Medical School

89,464

86,069

124,004

88,429

St. Mary’s University College

152,452

158,590

120,923

96,458

University of Salford

1,224,190

1,058,592

885,208

736,315

University of Sheffield

507,302

699,948

661,510

477,901

Sheffield Hallam University

1,139,500

1,074,061

926,405

769,201

University of Southampton

698,276

690,632

580,140

473,057

Southampton Solent University

489,359

464,540

370,872

295,846

Staffordshire University

860,835

809,291

715,380

603,160

University of Sunderland

878,490

621,997

634,871

496,336

University of Surrey

288,165

285,834

260,224

218,531

University of Sussex

445,935

420,487

349,746

273,962

University of Teesside

1,016,072

913,797

776,041

606,825

Thames Valley University

687,100

692,159

485,126

433,631

Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance

31,412

21,659

21,880

19,138

University College London

568,369

451,279

468,256

285,453

University of Warwick

481,367

247,989

256,748

248,994

University of the West of England, Bristol

1,168,222

1,055,928

944,894

736,009

University of Westminster

657,482

772,546

564,054

427,653

University of Winchester

249,395

230,632

181,870

151,415

University of Wolverhampton

1,444,412

1,238,778

1,086,502

841,162

University of Worcester

399,641

374,376

286,536

335,237

Writtle College

52,833

55,363

9,798

26,528

University of York

296,558

264,969

248,308

185,231

York St. John University

263,642

240,486

178,887

121,530

Note:
The figures are the net payments over the academic year; they may differ from the original allocations as they include the reclaiming and redistribution of unused funds. The 2005-06 reclaimed figure includes unspent funds reclaimed from the earlier part-time fee waiver scheme.

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