§ Mr. Brintonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many students are in receipt of mandatory awards in respect of degree courses undertaken at further education colleges; and if he will break down the figures by local education authority.
§ Mr. WaldegraveIn the academic year 1980–81, the latest year for which information is available, there were 107,111 students in England and Wales on first degree courses in further education establishments receiving a mandatory award from their local education authority. The subdivision by local education authority is as follows:
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Local Education Authority First degree (including initial teacher training) students Barking 129 Barnet 971 Bexley 403 Brent 735 Bromley 764 Croydon 695 Ealing 722 Enfield 675 Haringey 647 Harrow 582 Havering 426 Hillingdon 419 Hounslow 401 Kingston upon Thames 376 Merton 405 Newham 309 Redbridge 559 Richmond upon Thames 465 Sutton 356 Waltham Forest 369 Inner London 5,211 Birmingham 2,128 Coventry 887 Dudley 527 Sandwell 404 Solihull 560 Walsall 523 Wolverhampton 629 Knowsley 370 Liverpool 1,240 St. Helens 463 Sefton 983 Wirral 994 Bolton 618
Local Education Authority First degree (including initial teacher training) students Bury 393 Manchester 978 Oldham 410 Rochdale 428 Salford 401 Stockport 827 Tameside 359 Trafford 627 Wigan 539 Barnsley 375 Doncaster 530 Rotherham 433 Sheffield 1,244 Bradford 943 Calderdale 406 Kirklees 722 Leeds 1,586 Wakefield 619 Gateshead 425 Newcastle upon Tyne 709 North Tyneside 588 South Tyneside 366 Sunderland 639 Isles of Scilly 0 Avon 2,010 Bedfordshire 937 Berkshire 1,747 Buckinghamshire 1,345 Cambridgeshire 1,089 Cheshire 2,194 Cleveland 1,271 Cornwall 864 Cumbria 1,007 Derbyshire 1,745 Devon 1,833 Dorset 1,183 Durham 1,229 East Sussex 1,212 Essex 2,811 Gloucestershire 1,035 Hampshire 3,098 Hereford and Worcester 1,356 Hertfordshire 2,544 Humberside 1,596 Isle of Wight 247 Kent 2,821 Lancashire 3,299 Leicestershire 2,097 Lincolnshire 1,167 Norfolk 974 North Yorkshire 1,765 Northamptonshire 969 Northumberland 711 Nottinghamshire 1,891 Oxfordshire 1,137 Shropshire 832 Somerset 796 Staffordshire 2,452 Suffolk 1,003 Surrey 2,529 Warwickshire 1,316 West Sussex 1,345 Wiltshire 1,091 Clwyd 863 Dyfed 750 Gwent 931 Gwynedd 710 Mid-Glamorgan 944 Powys 231 South Glamorgan 891 West Glamorgan 751