§ Mr. ChaytorTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list the average unit cost of educating 16 to 19-year-old students in(a) school sixth forms, (b) sixth form colleges and (c) tertiary colleges. [47860]
§ Dr. HowellsIt is not possible to give unit funding costs for 16 to 19-year-old students in FE colleges or state school sixth forms. An estimate of the average unit cost in FE colleges for the 16–19 age group that takes account of the mixture of full and part-time students is not available; and because the post-16 Standard Spending Assessment is not hypothecated to school sixth forms, the funding they receive cannot be calculated.
§ Mr. ChaytorTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list the total number of secondary schools with sixth forms of(a) 0 to 50 pupils, (b) 51 to 100 pupils, (c) 101 to 150 pupils, (d) 151 to 200 pupils and (e) 201 to 250 pupils. [47861]
§ Dr. HowellsThe latest information is shown in the table.
Numbers of maintained secondary schools by size of sixth form in England in January 1997 Size of sixth form (number of pupils) Number of schools up to 50 114 51 to 100 338 101 to 150 439 151 to 200 402 201 to 250 258 251 or more 256 all schools with sixth form 1,807