§ Mr. PaiceTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will provide details of the numbers of students attending(a) full-time and (b) part-time courses at colleges of further education for each year since 1985, together with the proportion whose courses were part of the off-job training of an approved YTS.
Mr. JacksonThe information available is as follows:2W
Numbers of students on further education courses in England Thousands 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 11988–89 Full-time of which YTS (per cent.) 340 347 354 359 6.2 5.2 5.3 5.7 Part-time day of which YTS (per cent.) 626 648 676 702 14.8 14.9 17.9 17.7 Evening only of which YTS (per cent.) 596 634 643 694 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 1 Provisional.
§ Mr. FatchettTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will set out the total allocation to local authorities for capital spending on further education colleges for 1990–91.
Mr. JacksonAllocations made to local education authorities for capital spending on further education colleges for 1990–91 totalled £65 million as follows:
£ million Major Building Works1: Committed expenditure2 17.2 Starts in 1990–91 32.6 Minor works 6.1 Equipment and Furniture 6.1 Reserve 3.0 Total 65.0 1 Projects in excess of £200,000. 2 For DES approved projects which started in earlier years.
§ Mr. PaiceTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will provide the numbers of students who have taken examinations for further education qualifications in each year since 1985, together with the numbers in each year who had preceded that exam with a course at(a) a college of further education, (b) a private sector provider, such as a YTS managing agent and (c) a course at another public sector establishment, together with the proportion of passes in each case.
Mr. JacksonThe available information is as follows:
Students on Further Education courses in England leading to a specified qualification number of students (thousands) 1985–86 944 1986–87 987 1987–88 1,034 1 1988–89 1,096 1 Provisional.