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The "Our future. Its in our hands" website is owned and managed by the Learning and Skills Council. I have asked the Chief Executive of the Learning and Skills Council to write to the hon. Member separately to provide an answer to that part of the question.
Letter from Geoff Russell, dated 12 February 2010:
The Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, has asked me to respond to your Parliamentary Question 627 that asked;
"how many unique visitors there have been (a) to the Graduate Talent Pool and (b) Our future, its in our hands websites in each month since each was created."
The following table contains web traffic information for the "In Our Hands" website, from 17 May 2009 to 14 December 2009. Unfortunately, due to the time constraints in which the response is required, further historical data cannot be obtained.
The "In Our hands" website was established in summer 2007 to serve a range of audiences interested in increasing their skill levels. The two main audiences are:
Individuals, who are targeted through marketing communications, and
Businesses, which are encouraged to make the Skills Pledge.
The purpose of the site was to act as a central repository for information relevant to the target audiences listed above. The site was promoted to individuals during key times of the year, summer and early spring, which are key enrolment times for post 16 providers. Since the integration of the Careers Advice Service with the Learning and Skills Council in 2008, the Careers Advice Service website and telephone helpline have become the main call to action in promotional materials targeting individuals.
As part of the Transformational Government strategy, this website has been identified by the Cabinet Office for convergence and closure (reference X1668).
Although the deadline for closure is March 2011, the LSC is aiming to have completed the necessary convergence work by the end of March 2010.
Information aimed at individuals has already been relocated in the Careers Advice Service site, which will subsequently become part of the Adult Advancement and Careers Service, in August 2010. Information and services for Business (i.e. Skills Pledge) will become part of the Business Link website.
| Visits trend | ||
| Month | Visits | Percentage visits |
| Notes: Time interval (hour, day, etc.) A one-year report displays monthly time increments. A one-quarter report displays weekly time increments. A one-month report or a one-week report displays daily time increments. A daily report displays hourly time increments. An hour-long interval marked 12:00, for example, includes all activity between 12:00 and 12:59. Visits Number of visits to your site during the specified time interval. A visit is a series of actions that begins when a visitor views their first page from the server, and ends when the visitor leaves the site or remains idle beyond the idle-time limit. The default idle-time limit is thirty minutes. This time limit can be changed by the system administrator. Percentage Percentage of visits to your site during the specified time interval compared with all visits to our site during the report period. | ||
Higher Education: Finance
Rob Marris: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what proportion on average of the budgets of universities in England was spent on (a) teaching undergraduates, (b) teaching graduates, (c) libraries, (d) student services, (e) non-sponsored research, (f) sponsored research and (g) administration in (i) 2000-01, (ii) 2004-05 and (iii) 2008-09. [315957]
Mr. Lammy: The information is not available in the breakdown requested. Information on higher education income and expenditure is collected in the Higher Education Statistics Authority (HESA) Finance Record.
Information is provided in the following table. The information provided is the nearest match to the categories outlined above. The table refers to the expenditure of English higher education institutions rather than budget. Further explanations of how the table is broken down are in the footnotes to the table. Figures for 2008/09 are not yet available so the most recent academic year is used (2007/08.)
Mr. Laws: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what proportion of the Higher Education Funding Council for England teaching budget was allocated to (a) full-time and (b) part-time students in the latest year for which information is available. [317090]
Mr. Lammy: The Funding Council's recurrent grant for teaching in 2009/10 can be split as follows: 77 per cent. for full-time students (including sandwich year out), 16 per cent. for part time and 7 per cent. not allocated according to student numbers. Grant for part-time students is allocated in terms of their full-time equivalence, reflecting their relative level of activity, rather than on a headcount basis.
Higher Education: Overseas Students
Mr. Oaten: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of the likely effects on the economy of an increase in the minimum level qualification for which non-EU students may come to the UK for study. [316973]
Kevin Brennan: In a written ministerial statement on 10 February 2010 my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary announced the conclusions of a joint UKBA/BIS review of tier 4 of the points-based system (student visas). This includes plans to limit the delivery of National Qualifications Framework (NQF) level 3 courses to the new category of highly-trusted sponsor (HTS). UKBA will develop a full impact assessment on the review's recommendations as part of the process of implementation.
Higher Education: Salford
Hazel Blears: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many residents of Salford constituency have attended university in each year since 1997. [317735]
Mr. Lammy: The latest figures from the Higher Education Statistics Agency are shown in the table. Figures for 2009/10 academic year will be available in January 2011. Enrolments cover students on all years of study.
| Enrolments( 1) from Salford Parliamentary constituency( 2) UK higher education i nstitutions a cademic years 1997/98 to 2008/09 | |
| Academic year | Enrolments |
| (1) Covers enrolments on all modes and levels of study. (2) The table does not include enrolments where the constituency of the student cannot be established due to missing or invalid postcode information. Notes: Figures are based on a snapshot as at 1 December to maintain consistency across the time series and have been rounded to the nearest five. Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA). | |
Higher Education: Stroud
Mr. Drew: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) what proportion of 18 to 22 year olds exclusively resident in Stroud constituency were studying at university in (a) 1997 and (b) on the latest date for which figures are available; [317084]
(2) what proportion of 18 year olds in Stroud constituency participated in higher education in 2008-09. [317085]
Mr. Lammy: The Department does not collect data on the number of residents in a particular constituency who are not in higher education, which would be necessary to calculate a proportion. It is, therefore, not possible to calculate the proportion of 18 to 22 year olds resident in Stroud constituency who were studying at university. The numbers of 18 to 22 year old enrolments at UK Higher Education Institutions, from Stroud Parliamentary Constituency, are provided as an alternative in the table.
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