§ Mr. KaufmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many residents of Manchester, Gorton have undertaken apprenticeships in each of the last five years. [167437]
§ Mr. Ivan LewisThe information requested is not available at parliamentary constituency level. Nor is the information available on a consistent geographical basis over the last five years. However, the following table shows the number of starts on modern apprenticeships in the Greater Manchester Learning and Skills Council (LSC) area between April 2001 and the end of July 2003, as well as the number of starts from April 1996 to March 2001 in the six Training and Enterprise Councils (TECs) that amalgamated into Greater Manchester LSC—Bolton and Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and High Peak and Wigan.
Number of starts on modern apprenticeships in the Greater Manchester Learning and Skills Council (LSC) plus number of starts in the six Training and Enterprise Councils (TECs) TEC/LSC Advanced MAs Foundation MAs April 1998 to March 19991 Bolton and Bury CCTE 800 600 Manchester 2,400 700 Oldham CCTE 400 300 Rochdale CCTE 500 100 Stockport and High Peak2 800 100 Wigan CCTE 700 300 April 1999 to March 20001 Bolton and Bury CCTE 900 1000 Manchester 2,800 1,800 Oldham CCTE 500 500
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First Degree Graduates1 from UK HE institutions by subject 1997/98 1998/99 1999/2000 Subject group Number Percentage Number Percentage Number Percentage Medicine and dentistry 5,900 2 5,842 2 5,966 2 Subjects allied to medicine 16,284 6 17,593 7 17,789 7 Biological sciences 16,885 7 17,359 7 18,449 7 Veterinary science 494 0 528 0 558 0 Agriculture and related subjects 2,266 1 2,329 1 2,342 1 Physical sciences 13,296 5 13,056 5 13,184 5 Mathematical sciences 3,939 2 4,250 2 4,094 2 Computer science/IT 9,991 4 10,380 4 11,211 4 Engineering and technology 22,574 9 22,012 8 20,551 8 Architecture, building and planning 7,273 3 7,223 3 6,587 2 Social, economic and political studies 20,736 8 21,574 8 22,715 9 Law 9,889 4 9,982 4 10,210 4 Business and administrative studies 29,401 11 30,937 12 31,905 12 Librarianship and information science 3,468 1 3,803 1 4,597 2 Languages 16,388 6 15,965 616,619 6 Humanities 10,391 4 10,411 4 10,362 4 Creative arts and design 19,390 7 20,300 8 21,263 8 Education 13,788 5 13,520 5 11,935 4 Combined 36,400 14 36,607 14 34,930 13 Total 258,753 100 263,671 100 265,267 100
Number of starts on modern apprenticeships in the Greater Manchester Learning and Skills Council (LSC) plus number of starts in the six Training and Enterprise Councils (TECs) TEC/LSC Advanced MAs Foundation MAs Rochdale CCTE 500 600 Stockport and High Peak2 700 700 Wigan CCTE 700 600 April 2000 to March 20011 Bolton and Bury CCTE 700 1,200 Manchester 3,200 2,600 Oldham CCTE 500 700 Rochdale CCTE 400 700 Stockport and High Peak2 800 1,000 Wigan CCTE 900 800 April 2001 to July 20021 Greater Manchester LSC 4,800 9,800 March 2001 to July 20021 Greater Manchester LSC 2,900 6,800 1Time period. 2 TEC also became part of Derbyshire LSC Source: TEC management information LSC Individualised Learner Record