§ Mr. McLoughlinTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many people resident in(a) West Derbyshire and (b) Derbyshire are (i) further and (ii) higher education students. [124012]
§ Alan JohnsonThe question asks about West Derbyshire and Derbyshire. Further Education figures are available for the parliamentary constituency of West Derbyshire and for the two local education authorities (LEAs), City of Derby and Derbyshire, in the county of Derbyshire. Higher education figures are only available by LEA and not by parliamentary constituency.
In 2000–01, 5,000 people living in the West Derbyshire constituency and 73,000 people living in Derbyshire attended courses at Further Education (FE) sector colleges. In 2001–02, 24,000 people resident in Derbyshire were Higher Education Students.
§ Mr. HoyleTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will make a statement on the funding arrangements for higher education. [124482]
§ Alan JohnsonThe funding arrangements for higher education in England were set out in the White Paper, "The future of higher education" (Cm 5735) and in the grant letter to the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), both of which were published on 22 January 2003.