Clare Short:
To ask the Minister for Women and Equality when she plans to reply to the letter of 26 January 2009 from the right hon. Member for Birmingham, Ladywood on equal pay for work of equal value. [264503]
Maria Eagle:
A reply has been sent to the right hon. Member.
Regional Equality and Diversity Partnerships
Robert Neill:
To ask the Minister for Women and Equality what (a) funding and (b) other resources the Government Equalities Office has provided to each Regional Equality and Diversity Partnership in the last 12 months. [259427]
Maria Eagle:
The Government Equalities Office has not provided any funding or resources to Regional Equality and Diversity Partnerships over the past 12 months.
Innovation, Universities and Skills
Economic Situation
Grant Shapps:
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what (a) summits, (b) conferences and (c) seminars his Department has hosted since January 2008 at which a primary subject for discussion was the impact of the economic situation on matters within his Department's responsibility. [260148]
Mr. Simon:
DIUS hosted events at which a primary subject of discussion was the effect of the economic situation on matters within DIUS' responsibility are listed in the following table.
Event
Event type
Date
DIUS Group meeting and DIUS Family (delivery partners) drinks reception to bring them on board with the narrative of how DIUS can help people and business through downturn.
Seminar and reception
19 November 2008
Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Panel: Secretary of State discussing changes to Train to Gain funding with SMEs.
Seminar
26 November 2008
Local business seminar, in Hoylake, Wirral, focusing on DIUS and its role in supporting and facilitating the development of small businesses.
Seminar
8 January 2009
DIUS Family (delivery partners) Awayday to discuss the DIUS response to the downturn.
Seminar
27 January 2009
‘Staying Ahead—investing in science during the down-turn’ at the Royal Academy of Engineering.
Seminar
19 February 2009
Higher Education: Admissions
Jeff Ennis:
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what percentage of young people living in (a) Barnsley and (b) Doncaster entered university in each of the last 10 years. [264550]
Mr. Lammy:
It is not possible to identify young people from Barnsley and Doncaster who did not enter 25 Mar 2009 : Column 503W
university, therefore the percentage of young people from Barnsley and Doncaster who entered university cannot be calculated.
The number of young undergraduate entrants from Barnsley and Doncaster is shown as an alternative. Figures for the 2008-09 academic year will be available in January 2010.
Young( 1) undergraduate entrants( 2) from Barnsley local authority( 3) and Doncaster local authority( 3) , UK higher education institutions( 4) , academic years 1998-99 to 2007-08
Academic year
Barnsley
Doncaster
1998-99
460
830
1999-2000
505
830
2000-01
550
795
2001-02
570
910
2002-03
515
860
2003-04
565
890
2004-05
550
905
2005-06
655
990
2006-07
655
910
2007-08
690
950
(1) Young refers to undergraduates aged under 21. (2) Covers entrants to both full-time and part-time undergraduate courses. (3) Local authority is defined by full and valid home postcodes. (4) Excludes the Open University due to inconsistencies in their coding of entrants over the time series. 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).
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Mr. Drew:
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what percentage of (a) 18 and (b) 19 year olds resident in each local authority area went into higher education in (i) 1997-98 and (ii) 2007-08. [265561]
Mr. Lammy:
The number of 18 and 19-year-old entrants to higher education from each local authority is shown in the following table.
It is not possible to identify 18 and 19-year-olds who did not begin a course at a higher education institution in 2007-08. Therefore, it is not possible to calculate what percentage of 18 and 19-year-olds from each local authority went into higher education in 2007-08.
The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) published “Young participation in higher education” in January 2005, which is available from the HEFCE website at:
The HEFCE report shows participation rates for young people who entered higher education aged 18 or 19 disaggregated by local education authority (LEA) for the years 1997 to 2000.
At national level, the higher education initial participation rate (HEIPR) covers English-domiciled 17 to 30-year-old first-time entrants to higher education courses, at UK higher education institutions and English, Scottish and Welsh further education colleges, who remain on their course for at least six months. The latest available figure is 39.8 per cent. in 2006/07. For 18 and 19-year-olds, the figures are 20.2 per cent. and 8.6 per cent. respectively.
18 and 19-year-old entrants( 1) to higher education by local authority( 2) ,() UK higher education institutions( 3) , academic years 1997/98 and 2007/08
1997/98
2007/08
Local authority
18-year-old entrants
19-year-old entrants
18-year-old entrants
19-year-old entrants
City of London
5
5
10
10
Camden
230
300
395
390
Greenwich
325
210
560
385
Hackney
210
195
455
405
Hammersmith and Fulham
185
210
315
315
Islington
170
195
380
310
Kensington and Chelsea
215
290
340
300
Lambeth
295
280
580
510
Lewisham
340
255
680
455
Southwark
250
240
580
510
Tower Hamlets
220
150
545
335
Wandsworth
325
360
540
540
Westminster
255
240
375
355
Barking and Dagenham
160
85
380
220
Barnet
945
670
1,325
930
Bexley
405
200
720
295
Brent
680
470
1,050
680
Bromley
810
375
1,105
480
Croydon
765
425
1,270
665
Ealing
700
525
1,080
770
Enfield
690
380
1,070
575
Haringey
300
300
585
580
Harrow
795
480
1,230
680
Havering
425
155
680
240
Hillingdon
535
235
850
425
Hounslow
475
380
745
490
Kingston upon Thames
330
195
575
355
Merton
350
255
590
375
Newham
380
330
975
590
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Redbridge
740
365
1,240
590
Richmond upon Thames
435
350
620
515
Sutton
410
175
615
310
Waltham Forest
420
255
740
430
Birmingham
1,940
1,235
2,700
1,600
Coventry
660
315
775
405
Dudley
670
250
850
295
Sandwell
465
240
675
325
Solihull
640
235
845
335
Walsall
530
200
670
295
Wolverhampton
625
250
740
330
Knowsley
170
60
385
170
Liverpool
620
225
1,105
510
St. Helens
435
130
475
145
Sefton
785
325
985
370
Wirral
880
250
1,140
445
Bolton
735
280
785
305
Bury
460
190
665
245
Manchester
510
330
810
585
Oldham
440
170
665
240
Rochdale
485
175
590
260
Salford
295
135
415
205
Stockport
755
280
960
385
Tameside
385
175
550
165
Trafford
695
240
900
380
Wigan
585
190
705
240
Barnsley
300
115
445
160
Doncaster
530
145
660
190
Rotherham
490
155
620
205
Sheffield
800
405
1,145
660
Bradford
950
460
1,300
585
Calderdale
425
175
535
250
Kirklees
995
430
1,235
490
Leeds
1,320
580
1,725
825
Wakefield
605
175
705
270
Gateshead
420
130
495
175
Newcastle upon Tyne
465
200
585
340
North Tyneside
460
165
520
210
South Tyneside
310
120
320
130
Sunderland
565
170
625
285
Isles Of Scilly
5
5
5
5
Bath and North East Somerset
375
225
430
380
Bristol, City of
535
435
550
540
North Somerset
535
260
535
350
South Gloucestershire
590
255
710
305
Hartlepool
160
60
230
110
Middlesbrough
270
135
410
210
Redcar and Cleveland
355
135
390
165
Stockton-on-Tees
465
210
620
250
Kingston upon Hull, City of
260
135
390
200
East Riding of Yorkshire
905
340
1,015
395
North East Lincolnshire
305
105
295
140
North Lincolnshire
400
120
425
170
North Yorkshire
1,580
630
1,885
875
York
375
205
465
215
Bedfordshire
1,020
440
1,285
575
Luton
355
235
615
300
Buckinghamshire
1,555
885
1,955
1,030
Milton Keynes
465
195
610
340
Derbyshire
1,690
665
2,030
800
Derby
485
235
605
260
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Dorset
830
460
985
680
Poole
300
115
380
180
Bournemouth
300
165
325
205
Durham
1,090
350
1,160
445
Darlington
195
85
305
105
East Sussex
940
625
1,050
840
Brighton and Hove
280
265
440
395
Hampshire
3,310
1,450
3,625
2,045
Portsmouth
210
135
300
215
Southampton
305
185
345
290
Leicestershire
1,755
700
2,010
910
Leicester
540
400
845
565
Rutland
115
70
120
90
Staffordshire
1,990
780
2,525
970
Stoke-on-Trent
335
135
470
185
Wiltshire
1,025
565
1,135
785
Swindon
250
115
350
210
Bracknell Forest
235
100
305
155
Windsor and Maidenhead
375
240
495
240
West Berkshire
395
190
435
225
Reading
220
140
285
200
Slough
195
160
375
215
Wokingham
545
200
645
340
Cambridgeshire
1,195
745
1,355
910
Peterborough
315
145
420
185
Cheshire
2,065
700
2,440
1,000
Halton
205
70
305
130
Warrington
445
150
680
245
Devon
1,385
800
1,545
1,295
Plymouth
440
175
510
310
Torbay
235
105
285
125
Essex
2,890
1,205
3,940
1,755
Southend-on-Sea
340
150
435
200
Thurrock
170
95
320
135
Herefordshire
350
220
470
305
Worcestershire
1,390
655
1,670
845
Kent
3,045
1,450
4,010
2,045
Medway
460
175
750
265
Lancashire
2,920
1,135
3,140
1,190
Blackburn and Darwen
295
120
345
145
Blackpool
190
95
195
95
Nottinghamshire
1,675
615
2,015
870
Nottingham
275
185
445
280
Shropshire
790
355
835
475
Telford and Wrekin
335
135
405
170
Cornwall
1,195
535
1,195
780
Cumbria
1,060
480
1,320
540
Gloucestershire
1,530
695
1,540
1,020
Hertfordshire
2,885
1,310
3,815
1,765
Isle of Wight
275
160
250
160
Lincolnshire
1,490
530
1,845
715
Norfolk
1,440
730
1,655
1,010
Northamptonshire
1,400
635
1,800
920
Northumberland
930
300
820
370
Oxfordshire
1,390
950
1,585
1,270
Somerset
1,115
655
1,235
900
Suffolk
1,290
665
1,855
1,050
Surrey
3,105
1,615
3,740
2,145
Warwickshire
1,410
615
1,635
735
West Sussex
1,800
960
1,815
1,180
Total England
108,325
52,695
139,485
73,690
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Isle of Anglesey
185
55
235
65
Gwynedd
305
120
350
145
Conwy
280
115
345
130
Denbighshire
215
90
255
125
Flintshire
355
120
400
175
Wrexham
310
115
275
140
Powys
375
135
415
205
Ceredigion
205
80
245
85
Pembrokeshire
370
175
405
140
Carmarthenshire
550
215
575
235
City and County of Swansea
615
300
675
315
Neath Port Talbot
310
155
380
180
Bridgend
335
140
470
175
The Vale of Glamorgan
430
185
485
210
Rhondda Cynon Taff
595
210
675
260
Merthyr Tydfil
115
40
160
50
Caerphilly
360
120
455
150
Blaenau Gwent
115
45
135
55
Torfaen
255
75
230
95
Monmouthshire
320
125
360
155
Newport
295
145
435
175
Cardiff
690
320
945
500
Total Wales
7,590
3,070
8,910
3,770
Total England and Wales
115,915
55,765
148,395
77,455
Belfast
485
245
780
415
Western
655
290
1,340
635
North Eastern
920
370
1,640
700
South Eastern
980
415
1,470
680
Southern
755
405
1,560
745
Total Northern Ireland
3,800
1,725
6,790
3,170
Channel Islands
30
20
665
250
Aberdeen City
350
105
405
155
Aberdeenshire
550
140
590
190
Angus
245
60
215
85
Argyll and Bute
190
60
190
60
Scottish Borders
240
85
225
100
Clackmannanshire
85
15
80
30
West Dunbartonshire
105
45
115
55
Dumfries and Galloway
280
70
265
85
Dundee City
200
75
220
105
East Ayrshire
175
50
185
55
East Dunbartonshire
355
100
305
85
East Lothian
160
50
195
85
East Renfrewshire
280
65
335
85
City of Edinburgh
755
315
970
415
Falkirk
180
50
165
40
Fife
580
160
560
190
Glasgow City
590
210
745
340
Highland
355
130
520
215
Inverclyde
145
35
150
55
Midlothian
140
35
120
45
Moray
140
45
200
100
North Ayrshire
190
70
210
60
North Lanarkshire
410
120
465
180
Orkney Islands
45
20
65
20
Perth and Kinross
300
85
370
155
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Renfrewshire
330
70
265
105
Shetland Islands
35
15
75
15
South Ayrshire
275
85
225
75
South Lanarkshire
485
105
585
215
Stirling
200
50
160
45
West Lothian
250
75
225
65
Eilean Siar
65
15
75
25
Total Scotland
8,670
2,615
9,480
3,540
Total UK
128,415
60,125
165,330
84,410
Missing
21,025
17,260
16,360
18,050
(1 )Covers undergraduate and postgraduate entrants to full and part-time courses. (2 )Local authority is derived from postcode. Those with missing or invalid postcodes are defined as missing. (3 )Figures exclude the Open university due to inconsistencies in their coding of entrants across the time series. Note:
Figures are on a snapshot basis and as at 1 December. Figures have been rounded to the nearest five, so components may not sum to totals. Source:
Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA)
