§ Mrs. MayTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will make a statement on the criteria used for the award of Beacon College status. [159000]
§ Mr. Wicks[holding answer 26 April 2001]: Taking into account the advice of Inspectorates, Ministers have awarded beacon status to colleges that are considered to
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UCAS home accepted applicants (aged 18 or 19): 2000 year of entry cycle by LEA of domicile (England) and social class Sum of accepted applicant Social class LEA Professional Intermediate Skilled non-manual Skilled manual Partly skilled Unskilled Total Barking 23 76 39 70 30 9 247 Barnsley1 67 204 60 120 68 9 528 Bedfordshire1 290 754 150 202 122 24 1,542 Birmingham 415 1,174 323 686 336 177 3,111 Blackburn with Darwen1 52 186 70 118 59 26 511 Bolton1 111 422 95 173 93 25 919 Bradford 193 683 176 349 124 115 1,640 Brent 186 491 240 324 118 42 1,401 Brighton and Hove1 108 279 45 97 25 9 563 Bristol 215 435 118 131 83 9 991 Bromley1 244 613 192 160 56 9 1,274 Calderdale1 80 310 56 98 40 17 601 Camden 135 250 60 82 39 8 574 Cheshire1 653 1,567 280 382 232 22 3,136 City of Derby1 108 258 67 138 79 23 673 Cornwall1 250 821 183 304 152 33 1,743 Coventry1 137 380 84 219 148 31 999 Croydon1 247 655 248 203 81 12 1,446 Cumbria1 255 750 134 284 147 21 1,591 Derbyshire1 374 1,134 235 379 204 42 2,368 Dudley1 104 423 113 199 82 32 953 Durham1 215 652 163 228 140 40 1,438 Ealing 209 547 218 299 162 49 1,484 East Riding1 182 551 127 196 85 13 1,154 East Sussex1 312 863 170 246 89 17 1,697 Essex1 750 2,240 492 646 255 40 4,423 Gateshead 56 220 81 138 56 4 555 Gloucestershire1 445 1,081 307 287 184 25 2,359 Greenwich 77 232 74 96 35 10 524 Hackney 43 139 61 90 62 24 419 Halton 27 132 37 86 48 7 337 Hammersmith and Fulham 61 208 54 67 32 4 425 Hampshire1 970 2,289 557 614 264 36 4,730 Haringey 138 298 83 124 64 23 730 Hartlepool 26 91 28 72 29 10 256 Herefordshire1 113 380 72 88 42 12 707 Islington 88 174 59 78 38 10 447 Kensington and Chelsea 102 260 45 51 23 8 489 Kent1 845 2,389 634 653 311 71 4,903 Kingston 152 291 104 80 38 2 667 be truly outstanding. Potential candidates were drawn from those colleges that have achieved excellent inspection reports, taking particular account of those serving areas of social deprivation.
The future of Beacon Colleges and the criteria used to assess them will be reviewed in light of recent changes in the post-16 sector, including the new inspection framework.