§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) what estimate she has made of the number of people resident in the Buckingham constituency who are studying a Learndirect course(a) online and (b) at a Learndirect centre; [51384]
(2) which (a) Learndirect and (b) UK online learning centres are based in the Buckingham constituency; and if she will indicate the date they were established in each case. [51385]
§ John HealeyJust under 2,000 people in the Buckingham constituency have studied, or are studying, a learndirect course with an element of online learning. A large proportion of these will have used a learndirect centre for some or all their learning. It is, however, not currently possible to gather information on where learners are accessing their learndirect learning.
There is a learndirect centre, a learndirect access point and a UK online centre in the Buckingham constituency:
The Winslow Centre in Winslow, established in November 1999. This is a learndirect and a UK online centre.Tomorrowclub Ltd. in Aylesbury, established in January 2001. This is a learndirect access point.