§ Angela WatkinsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many colleges in London offer speech therapy courses; and how many places are available on each course. [164162]
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§ Miss Melanie JohnsonThe latest available information from the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) website (www.ucas.ac.uk). shows that two institutions in London, University College London and City University offer courses in Speech Therapy or Speech Science. The number of students on these courses is not held centrally.
§ Angela WatkinsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) how many students started speech therapy courses at colleges in London in each year from 1997 to 2004; [164163]
(2) how many students dropped out of speech therapy courses at London colleges in each year since 1997; [164172]
(3) how many students (a) qualified as speech therapists from London colleges and (b) entered the profession in each year since 1997. [164173]
§ Alan JohnsonInformation on the number of students entering and qualifying from speech therapy courses is not held centrally. The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HECFE) publish non-completion rates of students on all full-time undergraduate courses but these are not calculated for individual subjects or courses.