HC Deb 26 February 1991 vol 186 cc454-5W
Mr. William Ross

To 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. Needham

The information requested is as follows:

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.