§ Mr. Keith BradleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many colleges of further education are located in each Learning and Skills Council area. [129182]
§ Alan JohnsonThe information requested is provided in the table:
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Local LSC name Number Bedfordshire and Luton 4 Berkshire 5 Birmingham and Solihull 11 Black Country 7 Bournemouth, Dorset and Poole 3 Cambridgeshire 6 Cheshire and Warrington 8 County Durham 4 Coventry and Warwickshire 7 Cumbria 5 Derbyshire 3 Devon and Cornwall 10 Essex 10
Local LSC name Number Gloucestershire 5 Greater Manchester 27 Greater Merseyside 11 Hampshire and Isle Of Wight 22 Herefordshire and Worcestershire 9 Hertfordshire 4 Humberside 9 Kent and Medway 8 Lancashire 13 Leicestershire 8 Lincolnshire and Rutland 4 London Central 14 London East 14 London North 9 London South 11 London West 7 Milton Keynes, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire 8 Norfolk 6 North Yorkshire 7 Northamptonshire 4 Northumberland 1 Nottinghamshire 9 Shropshire 6 Somerset 6 South Yorkshire 8 Staffordshire 9 Suffolk 4 Surrey 11 Sussex 14 Tees Valley 12 Tyne and Wear 6 West of England 6 West Yorkshire 18 Wiltshire and Swindon 4 Total 397 Notes
1. In Greater Manchester the Co-operative College and Bridge College are independent and do not receive FE funding from the LSC. However, they have the legal status of FE colleges and are therefore included in the numbers above.
2. In North Yorkshire there is a similar situation with Henshaw's College. This does not receive FE funding from the LSC but is an FE college in legal terms.
3. In Nottinghamshire, Welbeck College is the MOD College for the Army. This is funded by the MOD but has the legal status of an FE college.
Source:
Provider Performance Data base—DIES, Provider Plus Governance and Organisation Team—DIES, and the LSC's Provider Information Management System, September 2003.