§ Mr. ColvinTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many students currently attend further education colleges(a) full-time and (b) part-time. [44693]
§ Dr. HowellsProvisional figures for 1997 are 736,800 full-time and 1,670,000 part-time students studying on 1 November 1997 in further education colleges in England.
§ Mr. ColvinTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what plans he has to end the incorporated status of further education colleges. [44695]
§ Dr. HowellsNone.
§ Mr. ColvinTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many local education authorities have discontinued discretionary awards to further education college students. [44798]
Participation and labour market status of 18 year olds, England, end 1988 to end 1996 Percentage End 1988 End 1989 End 1990 End 1991 End 1992 End 1993 End 1994 End 1995 End 1996 England Full-time education1 19 21 24 28 33 37 38 39 38 Part-time education or training excluding job related training 6 6 6 7 8 8 8 8 9 Job-related training2 16 16 16 15 14 14 13 13 13 of which full-time education3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 of which part-time education 8 9 9 8 7 6 5 4 4 Employment without training or study 51 48 40 34 28 26 28 27 28 ILO unemployment without training or study 6 6 10 10 12 11 8 9 7 Economically inactive without training or study4 2 4 5 6 5 5 5 4 6 1 Includes those in education who are also in job related training, unemployment or inactive. The size of the overlap between education and job related training is shown at3 2 Includes all in Government-supported training and employer funded training; including the overlap with those in full-time education 3 Also shown in the full-time education category 4 Those not in employment nor seeking work on the ILO unemployment definition Sources:
Education Censuses, TECs' Management Information Database, the Trainee Database and the Labour Force Survey
§ Yvette CooperTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what percentage of school leavers at age 16 years entered(a) full-time or part-time education, (b) job-related training (Government or employer-based), (c) employment without a training
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Participation of 16 year olds, England, end 1988 to 1996 Percentage End 1988 End 1989 End 1990 End 1991 End 1992 End 1993 End 1994 End 1995 End 1996 England Full-time education1 52 55 59 67 70 73 71 71 70 Part-time education and training excluding job related training 5 4 3 3 3 3 5 4 5 Job-related training2 26 26 22 19 16 14 14 13 12 of which full-time education3 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 of which part-time education 13 12 10 7 6 5 4 3 3 Employment without training or study 14 12 8 5 6 5 7 6 7 ILO unemployment without training or study 3 3 5 7 5 4 3 4 5 Economically inactive without training or study4 2 3 4 2 2 2 2 3 2
§ Dr. HowellsThe latest available information on discretionary awards made by local education authorities in England and Wales to further education students is for academic year 1996–97. Provisional information indicates that four authorities did not make any discretionary awards to further education students and a further two made no new awards. In addition, four authorities were unable to supply full information.