HC Deb 06 June 1991 vol 192 cc295-6W
Mr. Orme

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many persons aged 19 years have followed non-advanced education courses in schools and colleges in the last five years.

Mr. Eggar

The number of full or part-time students aged 19 years in schools and on further education courses in publicly funded colleges is as follows:

Thousands
Schools Further education Total
1985–86 13 89 92
1986–87 3 88 90
1987–88 3 83 85

Secondary Reorganisation proposals involving the establishment of Tertiary Colleges
Proposal Date LEA Decision Made Decision Date
13 July 1984 Staffordshire Approved 15 February 1985
15 November 1984 Gloucestershire Rejected 24 March 1986
30 November 1984(also Sixth Form College) Gloucestershire Rejected 24 March 1986
9 January 1985(also Sixth Form College) Wolverhampton Rejected 25 November 1985
22 April 1985 Bury Approved 15 April 1986
6 September 1985 Oxfordshire Approved 17 September 1986
30 September 1985 Sunderland Approved1 3 November 1986
14 October 1985 South Tyneside Approved 9 October 1986
24 October 1985 Sheffield Approved1 23 December 1986
16 May 1986 Essex Approved 27 October 1987
30 May 1986 Avon Rejected 27 January 1987
23 October 1986 Dudley Rejected 5 August 1987
22 January 1987 ILEA Rejected 27 November 1987
23 January 1987 Derbyshire Approved1 30 November 1987
5 March 1987 Northamptonshire Approved 3 December 1987
23 September 1987 Gloucestershire Rejected 20 May 1988
18 March 1988 Shropshire Approved 22 March 1989
6 April 1988 Cornwall Approved1 25 May 1989
13 April 1988 Rochdale Approved1 28 July 1989
29 April 1988 Essex Approved1 23 October 1989
29 April 1988 Essex Approved1 30 January 1990
5 May 1988 Wirral Rejected 21 December 1988
I June 1988 Knowsley Approved1 16 June 1989
9 June 1988 Sefton Approved1 10 May 1989
17 June 1988 Derbyshire Approved1 13 October 1989
15 July 1988 Derbyshire Approved 25 August 1989
7 April 1989 Barnsley Approved1 7 December 1989

Secondary Reorganisation proposals involving the establishment of Sixth Form Colleges
Proposal Date LEA Decision Made Decision Date
5 April 1984 Essex Approved 4 April 1985
10 September 1984 Avon Rejected 9 May 1986
14 September 1984 Waltham Forest Approved 28 June 1985
19 April 1985 Cumbria Rejected 25 February 1986
30 January 1986 Stockport Approved 2 December 1986
6 February 1986 St Helens Approved 22 October 1986
24 April 1986 Hampshire Approved 6 November 1986
29 October 1986 Wirral Approved 14 September 1987
12 February 1987 Cheshire Rejected 19 January 1988

Schools Further education Total
1988–89 3 82 85
1989–90 3 82 86
1 Includes adults in Special Schools.

Notes:

Numbers may not add to total because of rounding.

Age is at 31 August at the start of the academic year.

Adult Education Centres have been excluded.

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