§ Mrs. Curtis-ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will make a statement on the impact on the number and standard of students entering further education to study science and engineering of(a) GCSE combined science courses, (b) GCSE and A level design and technology, (c) modular science A levels and (d) GNVQs, since their inception. [39700]
§ John Healey[holding answer 4 March 2002]: The information requested is not available.
Data on student numbers in FE are collected via the Individualised Student Record (ISR). The information collected on the ISR is not readily available by specific course subjects required in the PQ. Further, because there are a significant number of students categorised as "other" we cannot accurately detect changes from one year to the next.
However, we can provide the number of enrolments in science and engineering courses in FE sector colleges, as follows:
1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 Science 890,713 1,035,441 1,207,863 Engineering 369,998 342,785 309,327 The Science breakdown above includes mathematics and computing courses. The increase in Science courses is mainly due to IT related courses.
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Mailings to primary schools, 7 June 2001 to end February 2002 Date No. Jun 01 Letter from Estelle Morris 2 SEN Update 7 6 Spectrum 43 8 Jul 01 Factual leaflet for all teachers on pay 8 Final decisions on changes schools will make on performance tables returns in 2001 3 New deal for schools. NDS devolved formula capital 6 School Teachers Pay and Conditions of Employment 2001 36 Teachers magazine—Spectrum 44 10 Letter about delay in SEN Code 2 The ISR does not collect detailed information about prior attainment.