§ Mr. Nigel JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many students in each of the last 10 years for which records are available attended drama schools accredited by the Conference of Drama Schools; how many of those students were in receipt of discretionary grants from local education authorities; what was the average value of those grants; and how many of those students received a student loan. [46510]
§ Dr. HowellsOf the 19 schools which are members of the Conference of Drama Schools, the Department has data on only those five which are publicly funded, namely, the Central School of Speech and Drama, the Rose Bruford College, Queen Margaret College, the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and the Welsh College of Music and Drama. Figures for the last 10 years for these five establishments are given in the table.
Further and higher education student enrolments Year Number 1988/891 903 1989/901 943 1990/91 1,498 1991/92 1,747 1992/93 2,005 1993/94 2,233 1994/952 2,021 1995/96 2,236 1996/97 2,534 1997/98 2,757 1Excludes figures for the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and Queen Margaret College for 1988–89 and 1989–90 2A change in data collection in 1994–95 means that figures are not directly comparable. Available information on student awards and loans does not distinguish subject of study or institution attended