§ Ms HarmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many people in each London borough were in further and higher education(a) in 1996 and (b) at the latest date for which figures are available. [155003]
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§ Mr. Wicks[holding answer 26 March 2001]: Information on the numbers of students from London who were enrolled in Higher Education institutions is not available in the form requested. In the 1999–2000 academic year, there were 267,200 full and part-time students from the Greater London area who were registered at Higher Education Institutions in the United Kingdom. This compares with a figure of 206,500 for the 1995–96 academic year.
Information on the numbers of students from London who were registered at Further Education institutions in the United Kingdom during the 1996–97 and 1999–2000 academic years is shown in the following table.
Student numbers1 in further education institutions by London local education authorities (LEAs) 1996 – 97 and 1999 – 2000 academic years 1996–97 1999–2000 LEA all students all students City of London 487 478 Camden 12,265 15,478 Greenwich 12,256 18,195 Hackney 16,266 17,790 Hammersmith and Fulham 8,420 10,774 Islington 12,721 15,531 Kensington and Chelsea 8,006 12,169 Lambeth 20,437 25,696 Lewisham 17,491 20,042 Southwark 17,562 22,196 Tower Hamlets 15,613 12,327 Wandsworth 14,544 15,833 Westminster 11,488 14,390 Barking and Dagenham 7,647 8,521 Barnet 20,058 22,122 Bexley 11,896 12,323 Brent 20,390 23,674 Bromley 14,516 13,654 Croydon 21,511 22,037 Ealing 18,367 20,521 Enfield 15,920 18,176 Haringey 14,707 19,487 Harrow 15,024 15,886 Havering 13,637 14,326 Hillingdon 11,552 12,367 Hounslow 14,593 14,630 Kingston-upon-Thames 6,823 6,893 Merton 10,191 10,292 Newham 17,626 23,127 Redbridge 13,874 14,053 Richmond-upon-Thames 9,907 11,609 Sutton 10,108 10,545 Waltham Forest 17,498 19,260 Total London LEAs 453,401 514,402 1Includes data for FEFC funded and non-funded FEFC funded students in FE sector colleges and FEFC funded students in external Institutions (EIs) and in Specially Designated Institutions (SDIs). Note:
FEFC funded students in higher education institutions (HEIs) are not included.
§ Ms HarmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what percentage of households have children in further and higher education in each London borough who do not have to pay full fees. [155004]
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§ Mr. Wicks[holding answer 26 March 2001]: The information requested is not available.
In England and Wales, students on undergraduate courses and their families are expected to make a contribution towards their tuition fees only if they can afford to do so.
In academic year 1998–99, the latest year for which data are available, for Inner London as a whole, the proportion of higher education students who are dependent on their parents and are liable for fees under the Education (Student Support) Regulations and who do not have to pay full fees is estimated to be 81 per cent. Of these, an estimated 66 per cent. were assessed to make no contribution towards fees and an estimated 15 per cent. made a partial contribution towards fees.
These students were also eligible for maintenance support, around 25 per cent. of which was subject to income assessment.
1996 2000 Day nurseries Playgroups Day nurseries Playgroups Providers Places Providers Places Providers Places Providers Places North East 136 4,554 380 9,275 189 8,027 482 12,399 Darlington1 3— 3— 3— 3— 10 439 24 580 Durham 29 1,059 145 3,197 32 1,406 81 1,777 Cleveland 23 677 88 2,761 3— 3— 3— 3— Gateshead 15 562 39 988 21 845 32 794 Hartlepool2 3— 3— 3— 3— 8 358 4 103 Middlesbrough2 3— 3— 3— 3— 14 585 21 532 Newcastle upon Tyne 22 914 65 1,372 25 1,152 57 1,264 North Tyneside 6 189 4— 4— 19 770 29 593 Northumberland 14 376 4— 4— 1 78 128 2,909 Redcar and Cleveland2 3— 3— 3— 3— 11 506 15 2,052 South Tyneside 5 117 13 255 7 240 32 568 Stockton-on-Tees2 3— 3— 3— 3— 19 853 28 671 Sunderland 22 660 30 702 22 795 31 556 1From 1 April 1997 2From 1 April 1996 3Not applicable 4Not available