Armed Forces

HC Deb 05 April 1990 vol 170 cc727-8W

Mr. Gareth Wardell

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will set up an inquiry into the possible ways of improving further and higher education by incorporating teaching methods and materials currently used by Her Majesty's armed forces.

Mr. Jackson

At the invitation of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence, Her Majesty's

	1987–88		1988–89			1989–90
	Training days		Training days			Training days
Local education authority	Requiring release	Not requiring release	Requiring release	Non-contact days	Other not requiring release	Total not requiring release	Requiring release	Non-contact days	Other not requiring release	Total not requiring release
Avon	52,465	36,847	54,453	38,491	30,912	69,403	74,077	55,000	29,190	84,190
Barking	12,835	8,086	131,259	16,500	110,950	117,450	26,545	9,338	12,300	21,638
Barnet	21,809	9,883	9,735	13,002	5,233	18,235	10,665	12,750	20,421	33,171
Barnsley	10,386	8,240	17,511	19,855	14,680	114,535	11,310	9,000	6,140	15,140
Bedfordshire	46,118	12,552	35,883	9,500	8,611	18,111	50,807	8,815	3,741	12,556
Berkshire	23,774	25,735	23,947	30,325	15,258	45,583	45,250	29,120	26,187	55,307
Bexley	7,223	5,523	16,540	15,250	15,238	110,488	6,730	11,720	6,200	17,920
Birmingham	64,570	19,306	63,346	29,090	45,085	74,175	80,797	53,510	37,172	90,682
Bolton	10,887	8,700	9,360	7,200	11,675	18,875	16,310	6,600	7,100	13,700
Bradford	59,084	37,749	26,234	24,140	31,502	55,642	88,877	26,700	9,600	36,300
Brent	5,290	9,250	113,978	114,500	17,200	121,700	6,840	8,300	5,150	13,450
Bromley	18,320	6,500	16,065	2,340	3,491	5,831	11,605	5,000	4,398	9,398
Buckinghamshire	31,978	27,728	29,085	14,070	18,680	32,750	32,666	16,500	24,991	41,491
Bury	20,223	63,101	20,116	13,955	7,678	21,633	48,538	9,375	65,496	74,871
Calderdale	26,448	11,300	120,333	17,272	11,506	18,778	13,574	6,768	3,618	10,386
Cambridgeshire	56,201	11,674	45,994	1,545	20,769	37,314	46,044	21,528	25,591	47,119
Cheshire	27,020	65,430	31,139	25,200	19,222	44,422	51,576	46,740	50,275	97,015
Cleveland	12,190	37,348	15,887	26,400	22,003	48,403	10,500	38,000	26,500	64,500
Cornwall	19,942	26,075	62,708	18,270	10,057	28,327	15,110	21,500	37,462	58,962
Coventry	33,798	14,494	12,524	10,854	9,175	20,029	14,030	10,700	8,000	18,700
Croydon	11,364	14,878	11,939	4,429	21,495	25,924	15,492	4,476	42,874	47,341
Cumbria	18,181	19,285	19,678	20,210	5,403	25,613	22,107	19,475	3,143	22,618
Derbyshire	66,467	56,696	147,137	145,000	127,000	172,000	62,244	40,500	31,069	71,569
Devon	28,735	66,277	129,448	15,700	112,464	118,164	75,608	37,922	61,650	99,572
Doncaster	23,130	4,976	17,443	14,415	7,859	22,274	17,696	14,259	7,401	21,660
Dorset	28,189	38,198	131,579	122,880	15,800	128,680	29,375	22,750	20,710	43,460
Dudley	18,550	4,100	17,578	11,708	5,547	17,255	35,973	13,190	5,929	19,119
Durham	16,276	24,218	15,635	24,705	20,347	45,052	19,300	27,500	44,417	71,917
Ealing	11,247	2,578	18,895	12,500	1450	12,950	6,500	10,200	300	10,500
East Sussex	44,090	37,009	138,820	117,916	17,811	25,727	30,425	24,860	8,759	33,619
Enfield	25,865	19,777	27,035	10,980	4,420	15,400	27,297	16,275	22,394	38,669
Essex	60,500	40,500	62,000	37,000	50,000	87,000	78,000	35,000	47,000	82,000
Gateshead	5,990	1,352	19,274	18,280	1929	19,209	7,190	7,950	950	8,900
Gloucestershire	35,378	5,756	43,231	20,395	9,886	30,281	62,005	20,700	9,337	30,037
Hampshire	81,915	44,198	178,000	19,000	137,800	146,800	60,260	42,000	28,060	70,060
Haringey	15,620	14,076	14,198	17,300	17,436	114,736	8,465	7,550	7,612	15,162
Harrow	6,772	14,472	13,505	17,000	18,510	115,510	8,000	7,150	13,698	20,848
Havering	24,550	8,500	5,750	6,525	53,224	59,749	5,000	10,000	48,200	58,200
Hereford and Worcester	36,238	7,612	32,373	20,000	9,128	29,128	76,020	20,520	10,640	31,160
Hertfordshire	44,800	26,247	46,235	1,089	34,206	35,295	55,339	17,200	22,833	40,033
Hillingdon	8,106	9,633	13,782	18,500	117,489	125,989	4,600	8,960	16,357	25,317
Hounslow	13,235	11,439	10,639	10,020	9,943	19,963	8,636	10,025	8,320	18,345
Humberside	30,358	32,836	30,547	21,519	23,510	45,029	27,699	35,580	46,540	82,120
Inner London	114,883	168,124	1117,500	185,000	177,600	1162,600	160,600	48,000	143,860	191,860
Isle of Wight	7,279	3,291	7,238	6,090	2,831	8,921	7,00	5,000	2,740	7,740
Isles of Scilly	59	88	1120	0	125	125	250	125	50	175
Kent	62,332	23,054	167,304	118,000	112,000	130,000	146,159	145,226	139,892	185,118

inspectors advise on aspects of educational and training provision within the armed forces. Through exchanges of information, a route already exists for the best of good practic e in either sector to be reflected in the other.