§ Mr. WyattTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what proportion of sixth formers in schools in Sittingbourne and Sheppey went to university in(a) 1997–98, (b) 1998–99, (c) 1999–2000 and (d) 2000–01. [85006]
§ Margaret Hodge[holding answer 3 December 2002]: Figures for the number of school leavers who go on to higher education are not collated centrally on a constituency basis. The available figures for Great Britain, showing the proportion of under 21-year-olds who enter higher education for the first time from either sixth forms or FE colleges, are given in the table. There was an increase in the index in 1997–98 related partly to changes in the funding arrangements for higher education, with students choosing to enter HE rather than wait until 1998–99. There was a corresponding reduction in 1998–99 before the entry rates started to increase again in 1999–2000. Between 1997–98 and 2000–01, total HE students in English universities and colleges rose by 83,000.
Age Participation Index (API)1 for Great Britain Percentage 1997–98 33 1998–99 31 1999–2000 32 2000–01 33 1 The API is defined as the number of GB domiciled initial
Number of defendants convicted of offences related to noise and fly tipping at all courts, England and Wales 1991–2000 Offence description Principal statute Year Number of persons convicted Minimum penalty imposed Maximum penalty imposed Noise on construction sites, operating loudspeakers in the street, exceeding permitted noise level after service of notice and other summary offences Control of Pollution Act 1974, sections 60 and 62 and Noise Act 1996 1991 33 Absolute discharge £1,000 fine 1992 43 Absolute discharge £1,000 fine 1993 41 Conditional discharge £2,000 fine 1994 44 Conditional discharge £3,000 fine 1995 48 Absolute discharge £3,000 fine 1996 65 Absolute discharge £3,500 fine 1997 58 Conditional discharge £3,500 fine 1998 61 Absolute discharge £4,000 fine 1999 72 £50 fine £4,000 fine 12000 38 Conditional discharge £2,500 fine Prohibition on authorized or harmful deposit, treatment or disposal etc. of waste (fly tipping) Environmental Protection Act 1990 sections 33(6), 33(8), 33(9) and 34 1991 4 £200 fine £500 fine 1992 18 Conditional discharge £1,388 fine 1993 104 Absolute discharge £10,000 fine 1994 124 Absolute discharge 3 months imprisonment 1995 202 Absolute discharge 18 months imprisonment 1996 262 Absolute discharge 18 months imprisonment 1997 237 Absolute discharge 18 months imprisonment 1998 296 Absolute discharge 2 years imprisonment 1999 317 Absolute discharge 8 months imprisonment 12000 393 Absolute discharge 18 months imprisonment 1 Excluding any convictions at magistrates courts in Staffordshire. Note:
All data are given on a principal offence basis.
108Wentrants to full-time and sandwich undergraduate HE aged under 21, expressed as a percentage of the average number of 18 and 19-year-olds in the population.