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| Table 4 : Full-time undergraduate entrants from England , UK higher education institutions( 1) , academic years 2003/04 to 2007/08 | ||||||||||
| 2003/04 | 2004/05 | 2005/06 | 2006/07 | 2007/08 | ||||||
| Socio-economic classification | Under 21 | 21 and over | Under 21 | 21 and over | Under 21 | 21 and over | Under 21 | 21 and over | Under 21 | 21 and over |
| (1) Excludes the Open university due to inconsistencies in their coding of entrants across the time series. (2) Includes those classified as "Never worked and long-term unemployed", "Not classified" and "Missing". Note: Figures are based on a HESA standard registration population and have been rounded to the nearest five. Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA). | ||||||||||
Higher Education: Birmingham
Richard Burden: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many school students from Birmingham, Northfield constituency entered higher education in each of the last 10 years. [296273]
Mr. Lammy: It is not possible to identify whether entrants to higher education from Birmingham, Northfield constituency attended schools or further education colleges. The numbers of 18 and 19-year-old undergraduate entrants to UK Higher Education Institutions from Birmingham, Northfield constituency are given as an alternative in the table.
Undergraduate entrants from Birmingham, Northfield constituency are defined by full and valid home post codes recorded for the student in the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) student record. Some of these students, although resident in Birmingham, Northfield, may not have attended schools in Birmingham, Northfield constituency.
Figures for the 2008/09 academic year will be available from HESA in January 2010.
Israel: Natural Gas
Mr. Mullin: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent representations he has received regarding a proposed agreement between the Israel Electric Corporation and British Gas to purchase gas from the Gaza Marine field; and if he will make a statement. [293093]
Ian Lucas: Ministers from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) have received no recent representations on a proposed agreement between the Israel Electric Corporation and BG Group to purchase gas from the Gaza Marine field.
Members: Correspondence
Miss McIntosh: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills when he plans to reply to Question 291983, on broadband and the BT network, tabled on 9 October 2009. [297539]
Mr. Timms: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on Thursday 29 October, Official Report, column reference 541W.
Motor Vehicles: Government Assistance
Dr. Cable: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many (a) cars and (b) vans purchased under the vehicle scrappage scheme were (i) manufactured in the UK and (ii) imported. [296234]
Ian Lucas: Full data will not be available until the end of the scheme, as details of new vehicles purchased, and whether they are vans or cars, are not available until transactions are completed. Further analysis will also be required at the end of the scheme as certain models are both imported and manufactured in the UK.
In 2008, 86 per cent. of vehicles sold in the UK were imported. However, the global automotive supply chain is highly integrated and many imported cars will have a significant UK content in terms of components, for example, we understand 90 per cent. of Ford vehicles sold under the scrappage scheme have engines made in the UK.
Motor Vehicles: Manufacturing Industries
Jessica Morden: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many cars had been purchased under the car scrappage scheme in (a) Newport East constituency and (b) Wales on the latest date for which figures are available. [295931]
Ian Lucas: Using data based on the locations of dealerships and data for scrappage transactions which have been completed and vehicles delivered, there have been 357 completed scrappage transactions in Newport, East and 7,934 in Wales.
John Battle: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many cars had been purchased under the car scrappage scheme in (a) Leeds and (b) West Yorkshire at the latest date for which figures are available. [295353]
Mr. McFadden: Using data based on the locations of dealerships and data for scrappage transactions which have been completed and vehicles delivered, there have been 1,109 completed scrappage transactions in Leeds and 4,135 in West Yorkshire.
Dr. Cable: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many cars have been purchased under the scrappage scheme in (a) London, (b) Richmond-upon-Thames and (c) Twickenham constituency. [295430]
Ian Lucas: Using data based on the locations of dealerships and data for scrappage transactions which have been completed and vehicles delivered, there have been 13,729 completed scrappage transactions in London including 418 in the London borough of Richmond which were all in the Twickenham constituency.
Musical Instruments: Manufacturing Industries
Mr. Lancaster: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what his Department's policy is on supporting UK manufacturers of musical instruments. [296130]
Ian Lucas: There is no specific support for UK manufacturers of musical instruments. However, the Government have an extensive programme of support for manufacturing through Business Link, particularly through the Manufacturing Advisory Service and the Real Help for Business package that was launched in January 2009.
National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts: Finance
Adam Afriyie: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills pursuant to the Answer of 20 October 2009, Official Report, column 1433W, on public bodies: finance, what the return profit from the portfolio of investments in companies and loans held by the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts, known as NESTA Investments, was in each year since 1998. [296232]
Mr. Lammy: NESTA's early stage investment activity was launched as a fully commercial operation in March 2007 under the name of NESTA Investments. Prior to this, investment activity was not fully commercial in remit and consisted of a mixture of grants, interest-free loans and other instruments.
Since the formation of NESTA Investments, the profits on disposal of investments to third parties held in the NESTA Investment portfolio were £278,000 in 2007-08 and £133,000 in 2008-09.
I have been advised by NESTA that NESTA Investments is expected to realise the value of its portfolio over the next five to seven years. This time frame is the average period that seed funds operating in this field tend to hold their investments, before realisation.
Overseas Trade: Afghanistan
Dr. Blackman-Woods: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps he is taking to encourage trade and investment between the UK and Afghanistan. [297327]
Ian Lucas: UK Trade and Investment has no presence in Afghanistan and does not proactively support UK companies in this market. However, lobbying on behalf of British companies may be carried out on a case-by-case basis by the British embassy in Kabul.
Parental Leave: Birmingham
Mr. Godsiff: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the number of people in Birmingham Sparkbrook and Small Heath constituency who took (a) paternity and (b) maternity leave in the most recent period for which figures are available. [291564]
Mr. McFadden: The most recent estimates of take-up of maternity leave are based on Maternity Rights and Mother's Employment Decisions (published 2007). The survey is based on a random sample of mothers who had a baby between February and May 2006.
Of mothers in paid work, all took at least some of their entitlement to maternity leave.
Up-to-date estimates of fathers taking paternity leave are from the Maternity and Paternity Rights and Benefits in Britain: Survey of Parents, conducted in 2005. 93 per cent of fathers took some time off around the time of the birth. Of the 93 per cent. who took some time off, 79 per cent. took paternity leave (The survey is based on a random sample of mothers who had a baby in December 2003 and their partners).
The Department does not collect data on take-up of maternity and paternity leave at constituency level.
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