§ Mr. Barry SheermanTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will list the sector skills councils, and the names of the chairman and chief executive of each. [104093]
§ Mr. Ivan LewisFive trailblazer Sector Skills Councils (SSCs) were announced in December 2001 and have received two year licences to operate. Details are as follows:
Cogent—trailblazer SSC for oil and gas extraction, chemicals manufacturing and petroleum industries.
Chair—John Mumford
Chief Executive—John Ramsay
Lantra—trailblazer SSC for the environment and land based sector.
Chair—Gordon McGlone
Chief Executive—Peter Martin
Skillfast-UK—trailblazer SSC for apparel, footwear and textiles industries.
Chair-Edward Stanners
Chief Executive—Linda Florance
Student loans: number of borrowers and amount borrowed by students normally domiciled in the UK—academic years 1996–97 to 2001–02
Academic year 1996–97 1997–98 1998–991 1999–20002 2000–012 2001–022 Newcastle University Total number of borrowers (000s)3 of which 6— 6.2 6.9 7.1 7.7 8.8 Mortgage style loans (000s)4 6— 6.2 5.0 3.2 1.4 0.4 Income contingent repayment loans (000s)2 6— 5— 1.9 3.9 6.3 8.3 Total amount borrowed (£m)3 of which: 6— 9.5 12.7 16.5 21.1 26.3 Mortgage style loans (£m)4 6— 9.5 7.6 4.6 2.0 0.6 Income contingent repayment loans (£m)2 6— 5— 5.1 11.9 19.1 25.6 University of Northumbria at Newcastle Total number of borrowers (000s)3 of which: 6— 7.2 7.7 8.5 8.9 9.2 Mortgage style loans (000s)4 6— 7.2 5.3 3.2 1.2 0.2 Income contingent repayment loans (000s)2 6— 5— 2.4 5.3 7.7 9.0 Total amount borrowed (£m)3 of which: 6— 10.6 13.9 20.4 24.3 27.2 Mortgage style loans (£m)4 6— 10.6 7.8 4.5 1.6 0.3 Income contingent repayment loans (£m)2: 6— 5— 6.1 16.0 22.7 26.9 1 New student support arrangements in higher education came into effect in September 1998. For the first year of the new scheme, eligible new entrants received support for living costs through both grants and loans. Grants, which were assessed against family income, on
average formed about a quarter of the support available. All students were entitled to a non income-assessed loan, which comprised the
remaining three quarters of support available.
2 New entrants to higher education in 1999–2000, together with those who started in 1998–99, received support for living costs solely through loans which are partly income-assessed. Grants for living costs are no longer available except for some limited allowances, e.g. for
students with dependants; single parent students; and disabled students. Grants for students with dependants and single parent students are
income-assessed but the Disabled Students' Allowance is not. From 1999–2000 student loans have been made available to those aged
50–54 who plan to return to work after studying. These loans are repayable on an income contingent basis.
3 Refers to loans advanced in the target year only, which include those students in their first, second, third and any subsequent year of their course. Includes hardship loans but excludes fixed rate loans of £500 for part-time students introduced in September 2000.
4 Loans available to students who, apart from a few exceptions, entered higher education before academic year 1998–99 and which are repayable on a mortgage style basis.
5 Not applicable 6 Not available Source:
The Student Loans Company
286WSkillset—trailblazer SSC for the audio visual industries.
Chair—Clive Jones
Chief Executive-Dinah Caine
Skillsmart-trailblazer SSC for the retail sector.
Chair-Belinda Earl
Chief Executive—Nigel Broome
There are ten further sectors in the final phase of developing Sector Skills Council proposals for consideration by the Sector Skills Development Agency (SSDA). As SSCs are licensed, information about them including the names of the Chair and Chief Executive, will be published by the SSDA.