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Departmental Recruitment

Justine Greening: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills pursuant to the answer of 11 February 2009, Official Report, column 2097W, on departmental recruitment, what estimate he has made of the annual salary cost of (a) permanent, (b) temporary and (c) agency staff recruited by his Department in each year since 2005-06. [264293]

Mr. Simon: The Department was created on 28 June 2007. Since it was established, the estimated annual salary cost of new recruits and agency costs are as follows:

£
	Total new recruits (permanent and temporary)	Agency
2007-08(1)	1,074,421	124,296
2008-09	1,365,124	137,402
(1 )From 28 June 2007.

Departmental Temporary Employment

Justine Greening: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what his Department's policy is on the renewal of the contracts of (a) temporary and (b) agency staff. [264294]

Mr. Simon: The recruitment of temporary staff is governed by the Civil Service Commissioners Recruitment Code.

The Department's general policy is to use its own staff to cover any unfilled posts on a temporary basis. Temporary staff are normally only engaged where specific skills or expertise are required. External agency staff are used for short-term placements, unless there are exceptional circumstances.

Education

Mr. Evennett: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what percentage of 18 to 24 year-olds in (a) Bexley, (b) London and (c) England were in full-time education in each year since 1997. [261830]

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Mr. Simon: Table 1 shows the number of 18 to 24 year-old Further Education learners in Bexley local
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authority, London region and England from 2003-04 to 2007-08 by mode of delivery.

Table : Number of 18 to 24 year - old Further Education learners, 2003-04 to 2007-08
Area	Mode of d elivery	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08
Bexley local authority	Full-time Full-year	610	650	690	740	760
	Full-time Part-year	200	100	100	100	100
	Total	800	800	800	800	800
London region	Full-time Full-year	33,000	34,800	35,600	37,300	38,600
	Full-time Part-year	8,300	7,900	6,900	5,900	5,300
	Total	41,300	42,700	42,400	43,100	43,800
England	Full-time Full-year	161,200	166,800	170,300	186,700	193,100
	Full-time Part-year	47,100	43,000	35,700	30,500	30,100
	Total	208,300	209,800	206,000	217,200	223,300
Other	Full-time Full-year	2,800	2,600	2,400	2,600	2,800
	Full-time Part-year	1,700	1,900	1,400	1,100	1,000
	Total	4,400	4,500	3,700	3,700	3,800
Total (England and other)	Full-time Full-year	164,000	169,400	172,700	189,300	195,900
	Full-time Part-year	48,800	44,900	37,000	31,600	31,200
	Total	212,700	214,300	209,700	220,900	227,100
Source: Individualised Learner Record

Table 2 shows the number of 18 to 24 year-old Work Based Learning and Train to Gain starts in Bexley local authority, London region and England from 2003-04 to 2007-08.

Table 2: Number of 18 to 24 year - old Work Based Learning and Train to Gain starts, 2003-04 to 2007-08
Area	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08
Bexley Local Authority	300	320	300	370	550
London region	19,700	18,300	17,900	35,000	65,100
England	124,700	102,100	102,800	127,100	160,600
Other	2,600	1,900	1,600	2,400	3,800
Total (England and Other)	127,300	104,000	104,300	129,500	164,400
Notes: 1. Bexley local authority numbers are rounded to the nearest 10, all other numbers are rounded to the nearest 100. 2. Learner numbers are shown for provision funded through the FE budget. 3. Number of starts include Work Based Learning and Train to Gain data. 4. Train to Gain was launched in April 2006, so comparable data do not exist for 2003-04 and 2004-05. 5. The field for delivery mode is not mandatory in the Individualised Learner Record collection for Work Based Learning and Train to Gain. Therefore we have provided starts information for contextual purposes. 6. 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. 7. Area is based upon the home postcode of the learner. Where the postcode is outside of England, learners are included in the 'Other' category. Where postcode is not known this is also included in the 'Other' category. Source: WBL and TtG Individualised Learner Record

Table 3 shows the number of 18 to 24 year-old Higher Education enrolments in Bexley local authority, London region, and England from 1997-98 to 2007-08.

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Table 3: Number of 18 to 24 year-old Higher Education enrolments, 1997-98 to 2007-08
Area	1997-98	1998-99	1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08
Bexley LA	2,115	2,265	2,215	2,395	2,450	2,655	2,825	2,920	3,035	3,165	3,365
London	93,925	100,370	102,345	107,600	113,710	119,925	123,740	128,330	132,905	138,110	142,240
England	596,530	613,805	623,120	635,105	657,685	683,355	698,870	708,825	731,195	741,265	758,760
Other	135,925	137,260	137,660	140,490	143,390	154,770	165,305	171,895	176,575	182,130	190,135
Total (England and Other)	732,455	751,065	760,780	775,595	801,075	838,130	864,175	880,720	907,765	923,390	948,900
Notes: 1. Figures are on a snapshot basis as at the 1 December and have been rounded to the nearest five. 2. Local Authority, and Government Office Region is defined by full and valid postcodes only. 3. London figures for the 1997-98 academic year refer to Greater London. 4. Students in the ‘England' category are defined as domiciled in England. 5. Students in the ‘Other' category are defined as studying at English Higher Education Institutions but domiciled outside of England. Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA)

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