HC Deb 14 November 1989 vol 160 cc232-3W
Mr. Fisher

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether his Department has discontinued(a) collection or (b) the publication of any statistics since 1979.

Mrs. Rumbold

The main changes to the collection of regular statistics and to their publication are as follows:

Collection
Students Staff ratios
Annual Monitoring Survey
Collection of data by Burnham category Collection ceased w.e.f. 1988–89
FE Revenue
FE Revenue Accounts Survey
Separate data for gas, electricity, solid fuel and fuel oil Collection ceased w.e.f. 1987–88
Student awards
Form 503G
Data in respect of discretionary award holders under Section
1(6) and Section (2) of the 1962 Education Act as amended:
(a) by status and rate of grant Collection and publication ceased w.e.f. 1983–84
(b) married, independent and staying outside the United Kingdom Collection ceased w.e.f. 1983–84
(c) numbers in receipt of all additional allowances Collection ceased w.e.f. 1983–84
Separate data on women students for (a) and (b) above and for mandatory award holders Collection and publication ceased w.e.f. 1983–84
Data for:
(a) mandatory awards for married and independent students studying permanently outside the United Kingdom Collection ceased w.e.f. 1984–85
(b) numbers in receipt of dependents allowances by sex Collection ceased w.e.f. 1984–85
(c) numbers in receipt of lesser-value awards by sex Collection ceased w.e.f. 1984–85
(d) number of nil award-holders in receipt of free board and lodging Collection ceased w.e.f. 1984–85
(e) number of full-value award holders in the polytechnics and colleges sector for whom no fees were paid by the LEA Collection ceased w.e.f. 1984–85