§ Mr. ChaytorTo 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 LewisThe 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. ChaytorTo 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. MilibandAlthough 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. ChaytorTo 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 LewisThe following figures represent total funding per full time equivalent student in FE colleges including sixth form colleges:
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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.