§ Mr. WillisTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much funding will be made available for the establishment of(a) Young Apprenticeships, (b) Pre-Apprenticeships, (c) Apprenticeships and (d) Advanced-Apprenticeships in the next financial year. [172975]
§ Mr. Ivan LewisFor Young Apprenticeships £3.5 million is available in the programme's first academic year 2004/05. Funding of Apprenticeship programmes post 16 are a matter for the Learning and Skills Council. Mark Haysom, the Council's Chief Executive, will write to the hon. Member with this information and a copy of his reply will be placed in the Library.
§ Ms Dari TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many residents of Stockton, South have undertaken apprenticeships in each of the last five years. [171456]
§ Mr. Ivan LewisThe information requested is not available at parliamentary constituency level. However, figures are available for Learning and Skills Council (LSC) areas and, prior to the creation of the LSC, Training and Enterprise Council (TEC) areas. The following table shows the number of starts on modern apprenticeships in Tees Valley LSC area between April 2001 and the end of July 2003, as well as the number of starts from April 1998 to March 2001 in Tees Valley TEC area.
Time period1 TEC/LSC Advanced MA
Foundation MA
April 1998 to March 1999 Tees Valley TEC 1,700 400 April 1999 to March 2000 Tees Valley TEC 1,900 3,100 April 2000 to March 2001 Tees Valley TEC 2,100 3,300 April 2001 to July 2002 Tees Valley LSC 1,000 3,200 August 2002 to July 2003 Tees Valley LSC 900 2,600 1TECs reported figures in financial years. LSC reports figures in academic years. The first LSC 'year' was 16 months in order to bring the financial year figures into line with academic years. Note: All figures rounded to nearest 100. 522W
Maintained primary and secondary schools1: number of pupils in classes of 31 or more pupils taught by one teacher Position as at January each year
Maintained primary Maintained secondary Number of pupils in classes of 31 or more
Number of pupils in classes of 31 or more
Wigan parliamentary constituency
Total pupils in all classes
Number of pupils
percentage of pupils2
Total pupils in all classes
Number of pupils
percentage of pupils2
1997 7,130 3,260 45.7 4,890 220 4.5 2003 6,320 1,290 20.8 5,470 700 12.7 2004 (provisional) 6,320 1,300 20.5 5,630 800 14.2 1Includes middle schools as deemed. 2 Percentage of pupils in those classes expressed as a percentage of pupils in the sum of constituent items and the total. Note: Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10, therefore there may be discrepancies between all classes taught by one teacher. Source: Annual Schools' Census Sources:
TEC Management Information.
LSC Individualised Learner Record.