§ Mr. WorthingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what financial contribution he has made to(a) the National Institute of Adult and Continuing Education, (b) the unit for the development of adult and continuing education, (c) the national educational guidance initiative and (d) REPLAN since 1979, at 1990–91 prices.
§ Mr. EggarThe information requested is given in the table.
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New entrants1 to higher education Country2 (main ages on entry) Latest year Participation rate3 Percentage Belgium (18–19) 1987 49 Denmark (18–20) 1987 43 France (18–20) 1987 34 Germany, West4 (19–21) 1987 30 Greece5 1986 33 Ireland5 6 1986 29
Country2 (main ages on entry) Latest year Participation rate3 Percentage Italy (19–21) 1987 27 Netherlands (18–20) 1987 39 Portugal5 7 1984 14 Spain (18–20) 1987 35 United Kingdom7 (18–21) 1988 36 1 Includes full-time and part-time students entering higher education for the first time, i.e. excluding postgraduate students and others already having a qualification in higher education. Not all other countries may adhere to this general definition. 2 Compatible information is not available for Luxembourg since most higher education is undertaken abroad. Ireland figures partly estimated. 3 To aid comparison and overcome the problem of the varying lengths of courses in different countries the participation rate is the percentage of all new entrants (defined above) related to a derived relevant single year group. The latter is calculated by taking the total populations for the ages providing at least 70 per cent, of the new entrants and dividing by the number of ages involved. For the United Kingdom this is the population of ages 18 to 21 divided by 4. OECD recommend this procedure. 4 Partly estimated. 5 Main ages on entry unavailable. 6 Full-time only. 7 Latest data available. 8 Excludes the private sector and students from abroad. Includes nursing and paramedical students at Health Department establishments.
Vacancy1 rates in maintained nursery, primary and secondary schools by region: 1988–912 England Vacancies as a percentage of teachers in post3 Number of vacancies 1988 1989 1990 21991 21991 All vacancies 1.2 1.5 1.8 1.6 5,584 By region: North 0.2 0.6 0.6 0.7 178 Yorkshire and Humberside 0.8 0.9 1.1 1.2 489 North West 0.8 1.0 1.0 1.0 546 East Midlands 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9 285 West Midlands 1.1 1.1 1.3 1.3 552 East Anglia 0.6 0.7 1.0 1.2 170 Greater London 3.2 3.7 5.3 43.6 1,686 Other South East 1.1 1.6 1.8 1.7 1,216 South West 1.0 1.1 1.8 1.5 462 England excluding Greater London 0.9 1.1 1.3 1.3 3,898 Total vacancies (numbers) 4,395 5,540 6,494 5,584 — 1 Advertised vacancies for full-time permanent appointments (or appointments of at least one term's duration). Includes vacancies being filled on a temporary basis. 2 Figures for 1991 are provisional. 3 Teachers in post include full-time regular teachers in (or on secondment from) maintained nursery, primary and secondary schools, plus full-time regular divided service, peripatetic, advisory, remedial centre and miscellaneous teachers. 4 The 1991 percentage vacancy rates for the inner and outer London weighting areas are 4.7 per cent, and 2.4 per cent, respectively.