§ Mr. William RossTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many persons were employed on ACE schemes in each council district in Northern Ireland at 1 January and 1 July in each of the past two years.
§ Mr. NeedhamThe information requested is as follows:
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Recurrent grant Financial years (1 April to 31 March) Real terms Universities Colleges of education Further education colleges Total Year £'000s £'000s £'000s £'000s 1985–86 76,956 6,279 59,769 143,004 1986–87 75,541 5,884 63,386 144,811 1987–88 79,683 6,346 66,008 152,037 1988–89 79,717 6,476 68,817 155,010 1989–90 82,194 6,788 165,021 154,003 1 Figures for 1989–90 exclude academic salary increases paid in 1990–91.
Student numbers Academic years (1 August to 31 July) Universities Colleges of education Further education colleges Year F/T P/T FTE F/T P/T FTE F/T P/T FTE 1985–86 14,622 5,224 17,495 1,130 n/a n/a 15,139 39,931 25 1986–87 14,973 5,123 17,791 1,189 n/a n/a 15,699 37,595 26 1987–88 15,505 5,339 18,441 1,271 n/a n/a n/a n/a 28 1988–89 15,976 5,527 19,016 1,355 n/a n/a 15,619 41,089 30 1989–90 16,503 5,881 19,738 1,410 n/a n/a 17,062 41,622 31 Notes: F/T, P/T and FTE denote respectively full-time, and full-time-equivalent students.
Part-time student numbers for the colleges of education are not available.
Recurrent grant per student, real terms Universities Colleges of education Further education colleges Year Grant FTE Grant per FTE Grant F/T Grant per F/T student Grant FTE Grant per FTE £000 £ £000 £ £000 £ 1985–86 76,956 17,495 4,399 6,279 1,130 5,557 59,769 25,909 2,307 1986–87 75,541 17,791 4,246 5,884 1,189 4,949 63,386 26,335 2,407 1987–88 79,683 18,441 4,321 6,346 1,271 4,993 66,008 28,143 2,346 1988–89 79,717 19,016 4,192 6,476 1,355 4,779 68,817 30,140 2,283 1989–90 82,194 19,738 4,164 6,788 1,410 4,814 65,021 31,009 2,097 The absence of part-time student numbers for the colleges of education means that their grant per student figures are not comparable with those for universities and further education colleges.