HC Deb 11 February 2004 vol 417 cc1486-8W
Malcolm Bruce

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many(a) women and (b) men obtained higher degrees and entered paid, full-time, permanent employment in the UK in each year since 1997, broken down by standard industrial classification of employer. [143149]

Alan Johnson

The latest available information, is taken from the Higher Education Statistics Agency's First Destination Record, is shown in the table.

£170 million funding to support higher education institutions' human resources policies into the main teaching fund will be in addition to the annual teaching fund grant increases for 2004–05 and 2005–06. [152664]

Alan Johnson

The £170 million Rewarding and Developing Staff initiative funding for 2003–04 will be consolidated into the block teaching grant from 2004–05 onwards. This funding is in addition to the annual teaching fund increases for 2004–05. The figures for 2005–06 have not yet been announced.

Chris Grayling

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what estimate was made in the regulatory impact assessment of the total cost to a higher education institution (HEI) of pursuing the new proposals, ring-fenced funds and initiatives which will require payments to be made by HEIs. [152777]

Alan Johnson

The regulatory impact assessment published on 8 January alongside the HE Bill includes details of the costs of the proposals in the Bill and the associated package of improvements in student support.

In November, we announced the mainstreaming of four ring fenced funds into larger funding allocations (Golden Hellos', the Promising Researcher Fellowship Scheme, Additional Capital for leading research institutions and Knowledge Exchanges). We continue to monitor the number of special funding allocations to ensure that they are appropriately targeted and that demands on institutions are proportionate to the sums involved.

Chris Grayling

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will list proposals in the Higher Education White Paper which have subsequently been dropped by the Government. [153066]

Alan Johnson

In light of responses to the consultations on the higher education White Paper, published in January 2003, a number of adjustments have been made to the White Paper proposals, which are now being carried forward through the Higher Education Bill and in other ways. We have decided not to incentivise the demand for Foundation Degrees; and not to ask the Office for Fair Access to have a role in ensuring that admissions procedures are fair, professional and transparent.

2003 key stage 3 to GCSE/GNVQ value added measures
(1) Specialist schools included (2) Specialist schools excluded
Local education authority KS3-GCSE/GNVQ VA measure Number of schools KS3-GCSE/GNVQ VA measure Number of schools
(a) Durham 97.2 (47) 97.3 (27)
(b) Newcastle-upon-Tyne 97.3 (16) 96.7 (8)
(c) South Tyneside 97.6 (17) 97.0 (15)
(d) Salford 97.4 (17) 97.1 (14)
(e) Blackpool 97.2 (12) 96.0 (8)
(f) Knowsley 96.6 (16) 96.8 (13)
(g) Liverpool 97.4 (45) 96.2 (29)
(h) St Helens 96.9 (16) 96.4 (11)
(i) Sefton 97.7 (28) 97.5 (21)
(j) North East Lincolnshire 97.3 (14) 97.9 (9)
(k) Kingston-upon-Hull 97.1 (19) 96.5 (15)
(l) Doncaster 96.9 (25) 97.1 (16)
(m) Leeds 97 4 (52) 96.9 (31)
(n) Leicestershire 97.0 (24) 96.7 (12)
(o) Reading 97.8 (9) 97.3 (7)