§ Mr. KeetchTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what estimate he has made of the number per head of population studying with the Open University in(a) England and Wales, (b) Herefordshire, (c) the local education authority with the highest number of Open University students per head and (d) the local education authority with the lowest number of Open University students per head; and if he will make a statement. [80929]
§ Mr. MudieInformation on the number per head of population studying with the Open University in each local education authority is not available centrally. The available information based on data at English and Welsh county level is given in the following table.
Numbers per 100,000 of the population studying with the Open University 1997–98 Number England and Wales 236 Hereford and Worcester 278 County with highest figure per head 664 County with the lowest figure per head 85