16–19 Year Olds

HC Deb 15 October 2002 vol 390 cc764-5W

Mr. Chaytor

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many 16 to 19-year-old students there were in(a) sixth form colleges and (b) further education colleges in each of the last three years. [73965]

Mr. Ivan Lewis

The requested figures are given in the table below:

Enroled learners in England			1998–1999	1999–2000	2000–2001
Ages 16–19	Further education colleges	698,600	686,100	662,100
	Sixth form colleges	121,200	121,100	122,600
Unknown Age	Further education colleges	72,500	68,900	45,400
	Sixth form colleges	5,700	3,800	2,100
All ages	Further education colleges	3,510,600	3,541,500	3,469,000
	Sixth form colleges	210,400	221,100	215,500

Mr. Chaytor

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the average per capita funding for 16–19 year olds in(a) schools and (b) sixth form colleges was in each of the last ten years; and what the projections are for the next three years following the Chancellor's spending review. [73914]

Mr. Miliband

Although sixth forms have not been funded separately prior to 2002–03, the table below gives an estimate of the average unit funding per sixth form pupil, obtained by taking age-weighted funding for such pupils and adding in other school-level and LEA central funding for secondary schools on a per capita basis. Figures for 2002–03 have not yet been calculated.

same basis. For example, the FE unit funding is for all pages and not just 16–19 as they are not available separately for this group.

Mr. Chaytor

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the average per capita funding for 16–19 year olds in further education colleges was in each of the last 10 years; and what the projections are for each of the next three years. [73961]

Mr. Ivan Lewis

The following figures represent total funding per full time equivalent student in FE colleges including sixth form colleges:

	93–94 Actual	94–95 Actual	95–96 Actual	96–97 Actual	97–98 Actual	98–99 Actual	99–00 Actual	00–01 provisional	01–02 Provisional	02–03 Planned
Total unit of funding	3,210	3,170	3,040	3,050	3,070	3,120	3,440	3,540	3,810	4,090

These figures are for students of all ages, as the Department does not collect this information separately for the 16–19 age group.

Projections for the next three years will not be available until the detailed 2003–06 Spending Review allocations are agreed in the autumn.

These figures are not directly comparable with information on per capita funding in schools as they are not calculated on the same basis. The FE unit funding figure includes total public funding allocated for FE, while the schools' figures are based only on delegated funds and exclude other funding that schools receive centrally from LEAs that impact on post-16 students. The figure for 2002–03 includes reallocated funds made available to FE in 2002–03 including for the Success For All strategy and additional funding recently announced for the Teaching Pay Initiative.