Local Government Grants (Social Need) Act, 1969 (Hansard, 4 November 1970)

§ Mr. Marks

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the proposed future expenditure on the urban programme of Exchequer-aided local authority expenditure under the Local Government Grants (Social Need) Act,

		1965–66	1966–67	1967–68	1968–69	1969–70
ENGLAND
(a) Full-time students^*	…	3,587	3,556	3,590	3,624	3,918
(b) Numbers employed‡	…	421,000	402,000	372,000	344,000	331,000
(a) as per cent of (b)	…	0.85%	0.88%	0.97%	1.05%	1.18%
WALES
(a) Full-time students^*	…	242	326	316	376	334
(b) Numbers employed‡	…	29,000	28,000	25,000	23,000	22,000
(a) as per cent. of (b)	…	0.83%	1.16%	1.26%	1.63%	1.52%
SCOTLAND
(a) Full-time students†	…	514	603	600	613	624
(b) Numbers employed‡	…	64,000	58,000	54,000	50,000	49,000
(a) as per cent. of (b)	…	0.80%	1.04%	1.11%	1.23%	1.27%

NOTES:

^* Includes students attending grant-aided and maintained agricultural colleges and institutions on 1st November of each year.

† Includes students attending colleges administered by local education authorities and 3 colleges administered by the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland. The figures relate to total enrolments in each academic year.

‡ Employment figures relate to regular whole-time workers; regular part-time workers, and seasonal and casual workers. The figures exclude the farmer himself, his wife and any school-children working on the farm. They are derived from the census conducted in June of each year by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland.

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1969, at present administered by his Department.