HC Deb 02 July 1979 vol 969 cc474-7W
Miss Wright

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what numbers and percentage of children under five years of age in Birmingham in 1978 received (a) nursery education and (b) education in infant school classes.

Dr. Boyson

The information requested for Birmingham local education authority in January 1978 is as follows:

number of students attending each polytechnic in the United Kingdom, broken down into full-time, sandwich, part-time day and evening-only modes of attendance.

Dr. Rhodes Boyson

Enrolments at the 29 polytechnics in England in the academic

Full-time Sandwich Part-time day Evening only Total
Birmingham 3,371 792 3,524 1,802 9,489
Brighton 2,763 670 1,257 742 5,432
Bristol 3,276 953 3,270 529 8,028
Hatfield 889 1,844 1,476 116 4,325
Huddersfield 2,156 1,447 2,260 221 6,084
Lanchester 2,235 2,078 832 644 5,789
Leeds 3,257 1,602 3,363 1,429 9,651
Leicester 3,407 1,115 1,662 733 6,917
Liverpool 3,170 1,784 2,157 639 7,750
Kingston 2,824 1,290 927 442 5,483
Middlesex 3,082 2,131 1,044 671 6,928
North East London 2,573 1,108 2,494 764 6,939
City of London 2,960 265 3,410 5,240 11,875
Central London 2,992 546 1,315 6,343 11,196
North London 3,453 384 714 658 5,209
South Bank 1,890 2,049 2,843 322 7,104
Thames 1,281 1,181 840 256 3,558
Manchester 5,530 1,607 3,555 1,269 11,961
Newcastle-upon-Tyne 3,464 1,334 2,555 553 7,906
North Staffs 2,015 1,059 2,027 317 5,418
Oxford 2,926 603 840 98 4,467
Plymouth 1,998 778 642 104 3,522
Portsmouth 3,871 1,410 799 58 6,138
Preston 1,440 801 2,100 408 4,749
Sheffield 2,740 2,948 2,950 558 9,196
Sunderland 2,321 617 1,135 174 4,247
Teesside 954 1,040 1,070 392 3,456
Trent 2,700 3,000 2,260 552 8,512
Wolverhampton 2,603 702 2,134 411 5,850
Total: England 78,141 37,138 55,455 26,445 197,179

The polytechnics in Wales and Northern Ireland are the responsibility respectively of my right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for Wales and for Northern Ireland.

Mr. Allan Roberts

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list in the Official Report the total expenditure of each polytechnic in the United Kingdom in 1978–79.

ESTIMATED LOCAL EDUCATION AUTHORITY NET RECURRENT EXPENDITURE ON POLYTECHNICS FINANCIAL YEAR 1978–79
Polytechnic Local Education Authority 1978 survey prices
£000
1. City of Birmingham Birmingham 7,184
2. Brighton East Sussex 6,361
3. Bristol Avon 6,358
4. Hatfield Hertfordshire 5,194
5. Huddersfield Kirklees 6,321
6. Kingston Kingston upon Thames 6,910
7. Lanchester Coventry 6,453
8. Leeds Leeds 8,043
9. Leicester Leicestershire 8,263
10. Liverpool Liverpool 6,849
11. Manchester Mancester 11,120
12. Middlesex Barnet 10,803
13. Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle upon Tyne 8,059
14. North East London Barking 10,569
15. North Staffordshire Staffordshire 5,243
16. Oxford Oxfordshire 3,712

year 1978–79 are provisionally estimated as follows:

Mr. Mark Carlisle

My Department does not prepare figures of estimates or expenditure for each polytechnic. Certain analyses of local authority estimates are contained in the education statistics for England and Wales published annually by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy, copies of which are available in the Library. For the convenience of the hon. Member the following figures are drawn from Education Estimates statistics 1978–79.

Polytechnic Local Education Authority 1978 survey prices
17. Plymouth Devon 4,290
18. Portsmouth Hampshire 9,217
19. Preston Lancashire 6,515
20. Sheffield City Sheffield 10,095
21. Sunderland Sunderland 5,899
22. Teesside Cleveland 3,295
23. Trent Nottinghamshire 8,328
24. Polytechnic of Wales Mid-Glamorgan 4,489
25. The Polytechnic, Wolverhampton Wolverhampton 6,498
26. Central London ILEA 35,152
27. City of London
28. Polytechnic of North London
29. South Bank
30. Thames