HC Deb 17 February 1995 vol 254 cc870-2W
Mr. Devlin

To ask the Secretary of State for Education for many pupils(a) in the Northern Region of England and (b) in each school in the region received assistance under the assisted places scheme.

Mr. Robin Squire

There were 9,382 pupils holding assisted places in the Northern Region of England in academic year 1993–94, the latest year for which complete figures are available. The number of assisted pupils in each school in the region is given in the following table.

Assisted places scheme 1993–94 academic year
School name Number of assisted place holders
Ackworth 20
Arnold School, Blackpool 80
Ashville College 11
Austin Friars 12
Barnard Castle 20
Batley Grammar 257
Belvedere GPDST 173
Birkenhead 196
Birkenhead High GPDST 243
Bolton School Boys 263
Bolton School Girls 256
Bootham, York 25
Bradford Girls Grammar 62
Bradford Grammar School 230
Bury Grammar Boys 204
Bury Grammar Girls 251
Casterton 52
Central Newcastle High GPDST 130
Cheadle Hulme 132
Dame Allan's Boys 119
Dame Allan's Girls 129
Durham 36
Giggleswick, Settle 17
Harrogate College 17
Hipperholme Grammar 12
Hulme Grammar Boys 213
Hulme Grammar Girls 188
Hymer's College 144
King Edward VII Lytham 221
King's, Chester 95
King's, Macclesfield 173
King's, Tynemouth 20
Kirkham Grammar 80
La Sagesse Convent 155
Leeds Girls High 87
Leeds Grammar 178
Liverpool College 183
Loreto Convent Grammar 48
Manchester Grammar 261
Manchester High 171
Merchant Taylors Girls 192
Merchant Taylors, Liverpool 226
Mount Carmel, Cheshire 25
Mount, York 24
Newcastle upon Tyne Church High 24
Pocklington 149
Polam Hall 35
Queen Elizabeth, Blackburn 261
Queen Elizabeth, Wakefield 130
Queen Mary, Lytham 231
Queen's School, Chester 63
Rossall 45
Royal Grammar, Newcastle 215
Scarborough College 26
Sedbergh 45
Sheffield High GPDST 99
Silcoates 12
Assisted places scheme 1993–94 academic year
School name Number of assisted place holders
St. Ambrose College 58
St. Anselm's College 206
St. Bede's College 220
St. Bees 72
St. Edward's College 398
St. Mary's College, Crosby 251
St. Peter's, York 107
Stockport Grammar 236
Stoneyhurst College 34
Teesside High 19
Upton Hall Convent 168
Wakefield High 149
Westholme 25
William Hulme Grammar 220
Withington Girls 79
Woodhouse Grove 137
Yarm 37

Mr. Devlin

To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many full-time students currently attend first degree courses in the North-East; and how many were doing so in 1978–79, listing by each individual institution.

Mr. Boswell

The available information is shown in the table:

Full-time and sandwich undergraduate1 students in publicly funded FHE institutions in the North East region2 of England
1978 1979 1980 1992/93
University of Northumbria at Newcastle n/a 4,759 5,025 9,390
University of Newcastle upon Tyne 6,331 6,460 6,600 9,028
University of Sunderland n/a 2,759 2,929 8,647
University of Durham 3,701 4,083 4,157 5,863
University of Teesside n/a 1,758 1,885 5,791
Newcastle College of Art and Technology n/a 102 117 935
New College Durham n/a 324 441 600
South Tyneside College n/a 313 267 563
Cleveland College of Art and Design n/a 0 0 202
Darlington College of Technology n/a 20 18 104
Kirby College of FE n/a 0 1 87
Northumberland College of Art and Technology n/a 42 42 76
Peterlee College n/a 0 0 66
Hartlepool College of FE n/a 0 0 45
Durham College of Agriculture and Horticulture n/a 0 0 27
North Tyneside College n/a 0 1 19
Wearside College of FE n/a 0 0 16
Bishop Auckland Technical College n/a 0 0 10
Derwentside Tertiary College n/a 0 0 8
Monkwearmouth College of FE n/a 0 0 7
Gateshead Technical College n/a 11 21 0
Total n/a 20,631 21,504 41,484

Notes:

1 Information is not available for institutions in the FEFC and former PCFC sectors in the form requested.

2 Institutions shown above are those situated in NE region as defined within LEA's Gateshead, Newcastle upon Tyne, North Tyneside, South Tyneside and Sunderland and within counties Cleveland, Durham and Northumberland.

Source:

University Statistics Volume One: Students and Staff: 1980, 1992–93 and 1993–94 USR, Cheltenham. Statistics of Education: Universities, Volume 6: 1978 and 1979.