HC Deb 07 July 2003 vol 408 cc620-1W
Mr. Hoyle

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will list the electronic document and electronic record management systems which have been procured by the public authorities listed in Parts I to V of Schedule 1 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 for which he is responsible. [116392]

Mr. Stephen Twigg

To date, two public authorities have purchased electronic systems for managing records and documents. These are the Higher Education Funding Council for England which has bought Tower Software's Trim system, and the Construction Industry Training Board which has purchased Opentext Livelink. My Department and its other Non-Departmental Public Bodies listed in the Act are in varying stages of procurement.

Number of 15 year olds attempting GCSEs
Region 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997
North east 31,424 91,808 30,158 30,084 29,685 30,017
North west 85,821 74,433 81,789 81,730 79,867 63,568
Merseyside 16,407
Yorkshire and Humberside 60,458 62,859 57,581 56,982 55,898 56,803
East Midlands 50,099 56,450 47,353 47,448 46,641 47,744
West Midlands 64,860 64,770 62,067 62,665 61,146 61,301
East 63,664 49,296 60,785 59,822 60,266 61,545
London 74,967 59,907 71,503 70,670 70,018 70,160
South east 92,002 85,578 87,849 87,935 86,895 89,730
South west 57,281 31,598 54,430 53,944 53,848 54,259
England 580,576 576,699 553,515 551,280 544,264 551,534

Number of 15 year olds attempting GNVQs
Region 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997
North east 4,804 2,271 1,162 803 660 396
North west 9,085 2,645 1,658 1,287 745 176
Merseyside 129
Yorkshire and Humberside 6,764 2,029 1,785 1,541 821 553
East Midlands 6,538 2,167 1,587 1,137 615 292
West Midlands 10,442 3,733 2,668 2,023 1,433 757
East 5,933 2,468 1,140 1,003 682 269
London 8,019 2,237 1,495 818 520 264
South east 6,926 3,076 1,428 1,478 775 469
South west 5,992 1,824 1,078 1,225 715 429
England 64,503 22,450 14,001 11,315 6,966 3,734