§ Mr. Sternasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list, for each local education' authority in England, the 1986–87 total target student numbers for probable advanced further education and the provision within that total for arts and design targets, respectively, as compared with the estimated population in each such local education authority in 1986–87, or the most recent year available.
§ Mr. WaldenThe information requested, so far as it is available, is as follows:
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Estimated population (Mid-1986)(Thousands) Target student numbers* 1986–87 (Full-time equivalent) Total† Art, design,‡ music and drama Outer London Boroughs Barking 148 5,602 206 Barnet 297 6,961 1,280 Bexley 217 370 168 Brent 254 563 0 Bromley 299 897 316 Croydon 321 1,236 166 Ealing 286 3,017 28 Enfield 264 130 0 Haringey 205 360 0 Harrow 200 970 374 Havering 237 231 0 Hillingdon 235 0 0 Hounslow 201 1,960 118 Kingston-upon-Thames 132 5,705 521 Merton 167 350 246 Newham 212 469 48 Redbridge 226 0 0 Richmond-upon-Thames 160 1,431 183 Sutton 171 0 0 Waltham Forest 213 136 0 Inner London 2,279 34,755 3,205 274W
Estimated population (Mid-1986) (Thousands) Target student numbers* 1986–87 (Full-time equivalent) Total† Art, design,‡ music and drama Metropolitan districts Barnsley 225 174 0 Birmingham 1,004 8,020 877 Bolton 262 2,034 48 Bradford 465 1,654 130 Bury 174 9 0 Calderdale 191 30 0 Coventry 311 6,434 388 Doncaster 290 974 48 Dudley 301 371 179 Gateshead 205 140 24 Kirklees 378 5,144 521 Knowsley 166 0 0 Leeds 708 8,186 651 Liverpool 490 10,093 645 Manchester 450 12,967 1,608 Newcastle-upon-Tyne 274 7,862 980 North Tyneside 191 16 0 Oldham 220 270 0 Rochdale 206 17 0 Rotherham 254 154 0 St. Helens 187 257 0 Salford 240 1,635 174 Sandwell 303 907 0 Sefton 293 26 0 Sheffield 534 9,322 503 Solihull 197 45 0 South Tyneside 155 647 0 Stockport 286 1,031 92 Sunderland 300 4,372 297 Tameside 214 55 0 Trafford 215 139 0 Wakefield 311 1,114 303 Walsall 263 717 0 Wigan 307 572 24 Wirral 335 344 0 Wolverhampton 253 5,583 379 County Councils Avon 939 8,459 799 Bedfordshire 520 2,193 74 Berkshire 724 3,494 214 Buckinghamshire 604 1,414 208 Cambridgeshire 614 2,703 169 Cheshire 938 4,018 361 Cleveland 561 4,047 264 Cornwall 441 801 333 Cumbria 481 991 96 Derbyshire 913 2,816 210 Devon 982 7,951 683 Dorset 618 2,713 179 Durham 601 1,041 0 East Sussex 675 6,028 699 Essex 1,508 3,744 268 Gloucestershire 508 2,966 233 Hampshire 1,528 12,935 562 Hereford and Worcester 649 1,749 87 Hertfordshire 983 6,110 158 Humberside 851 3,516 313 Isle of Wight 120 46 0 Kent 1,491 3,291 830 Lancashire 1,377 8,917 527 Leicestershire 871 7,364 1,314 Lincolnshire 566 825 68 Norfolk 717 1,380 276 North Yorkshire 688 2,590 317 Northamptonshire 549 1,896 91 Northumberland 301 81 0
Estimated population (Mid-1986) (Thousands) Target student numbers* 1986–87 (Full-time equivalent) Total† Art, design,‡ music and drama Nottinghamshire 993 8,381 630 Oxfordshire 558 5,312 77 Shropshire 388 150 0 Somerset 442 449 96 Staffordshire 1,022 5,530 667 Suffolk 623 869 96 Surrey 1,009 1,988 674 Warwickshire 481 135 0 West Sussex 687 1,975 228 Wiltshire 546 750 96 * As accepted by the Secretary of State, following advice from the National Advisory Body for public sector higher education. Numbers shown against each LEA include targets in respect of voluntary colleges situated in the relevant authority as well as colleges maintained or assisted by the LEA itself. Voluntary colleges are grant-aided by the Department. † Excluding students on poolable short courses of in-service training for teachers. ‡ Targets for art and design were not separately identified in 1986–87. For the purposes of planning, art and design were subsumed within an academic programme which also included music and drama.