§ Charles HendryTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many Connexions Service clients there were in each year since its establishment, broken down(a) by Connexions service area and (b) by (i) young people not in education, employment or training and (ii) others. [149512]
§ Margaret Hodge[holding answer 20 January 2004]: The following tables show the number of Connexions
Table 1: Number of clients/young people who have completed compulsory Education known to connexions Not in Education, Employment or Training Other Total 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 ENGLAND 44,740 142.328 122,742 506,313 1,521,504 1,939,517 551,053 1,663,832 2,062,259 Bedfordshire and Luton 2,333 1,605 24,425 24,393 26,758 25,998 Berkshire 1,884 1,780 29,792 30,660 31,676 32,440 Birmingham and Solihull 3,672 4,000 53,283 50,775 56,955 54,775 Black Country 6,337 6.914 4,489 39,085 44,611 47,387 45,422 51,525 51,876 Bournemouth Dorset and Poole 2,019 1,022 24,862 26,123 26,881 27,145 Cambs and Peterborough 2,423 1,851 25,784 26,190 28,206 28,041 Central London 5,998 3,733 37,757 41,588 43,754 45,321 Cheshire and Warrington 2,694 2,978 2,196 33,726 37,064 37,318 36,420 40,042 39,514 Cornwall and Devon 3,522 3,798 2,921 60,277 60,757 61,690 63,799 64,555 64,611 County Durham 2,774 2,053 15,652 16,860 18,426 18,913 Coventry and Warwick 2,688 2,854 2,253 26,052 32,540 32,880 28,740 35,394 35,133 Cumbria 1,935 1,789 1,199 18,498 19,678 19,867 20,433 21,467 21,066 Derbyshire 4,407 2,784 38,195 37,371 42,602 40,155 East London 8,281 6,973 82,871 87,465 91,152 94,438 Essex Southend and Thurrock 5,449 2,816 65,974 65,928 71,422 68,744 Gloucestershire 852 856 16,716 23,687 17,569 24,543 Greater Manchester 11,073 7,961 109,572 110,988 120,646 118,949 Greater Merseyside 8,918 8,431 6,659 62,252 61,931 65,154 71,170 70,362 71,813 Hereford and Worcester 1,684 1,218 26,626 26,966 28,311 28,183 Hertfordshire 1,835 1,521 43,967 38,799 45,801 40,320 Humber 3,486 3,982 4,049 36,635 33,156 35,457 40,121 37,139 39,506 Kent 3,788 4,014 76,761 66,520 80,548 70,534 Lancashire 5,769 4,315 57,385 57,348 63,155 61,663 Leicestershire 3,755 1,753 37,541 36,461 41,295 38,214 Lincolnshire and Rutland 1,167 1,487 1,332 23,540 27,110 27,033 24,707 28,597 28,366 Milton Keynes Ox and Bucks 1,625 2,820 2,590 48,647 50,046 50,184 50,272 52,867 52,774 Norfolk 1,523 920 27,222 26,694 28,745 27,614 North London 2,971 4,071 2,317 35,750 40,711 43,659 38,721 44,782 45,976 Northamptonshire 1,489 1,725 24,325 22,925 25,814 24,649 Northumberland 654 12,053 12,707 Nottinghamshire 2,951 1,937 40,886 43,823 43,837 45,760 Shropshire Telford and Wrekin 1,122 1,086 736 18,169 17,946 18,112 19,291 19,031 18,849 Somerset 837 463 16,477 17,758 17,314 18,221 South Central 3,065 2,883 83,429 71,470 86,494 74,352 South London 4,498 4,282 2,107 47,023 47,418 49,040 51,521 51,700 51,147 South Yorkshire 5,604 6,661 4,061 46,399 48,121 50,781 52,003 54,783 54,841 Staffordshire 5,551 3,538 41,258 42,724 46,809 46,262 Suffolk 2,204 2,754 1,332 30,508 27,866 25,591 32,712 30,620 26,924 Surrey 1,010 1,254 44,580 37,174 45,591 38,428 Sussex 3,087 1,608 60,234 54,453 63,321 56,061 Tees Valley 4,305 2,374 29,573 29,710 33,879 32,084 Tyne and Wear 8,385 4,481 41,462 43,943 49,847 48,423 West London 5,347 3,232 50,608 49,118 55,954 52,350 West of England 2,057 2,447 2,251 33,667 30,921 35,957 35,724 33,367 38,208 West Yorkshire 9,357 6,154 86,292 86,413 95,649 92,567 Wiltshire and Swindon 1,284 937 21,647 23,256 22,931 24,192 York and North Yorkshire 2,310 917 32,497 30,155 34,807 31,072 Notes:
1. The information compiled represents averages of monthly data provided by Connexions Partnerships from their own management information and tracking systems.
2. The first 15 Connexions Partnerships commenced in April and September 2001. The second and third phases of Connexions Partnerships started from April 2002.
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Table 2: Number of clients/young people of compulsory education age known to connexions
Note: This data was not collected in 2001 2002–03 2003–04 ENGLAND 1,590,390 2,075,363 Bedfordshire and Luton 26,123 26,911 Berkshire 26,241 28,576 Birmingham and Solihull 62,480 62,255 Black Country 54,111 53,216 Bournemouth Dorset and Poole 24,894 26,113 Cambs and Peterborough 32,435 36,771 Service clients (young people aged 13 to 19 known to Connexions) for the period 2001–02, 2002–03 and 2003–04.
Table 1 shows those clients known not to be in education, employment and training, and other young people who have completed compulsory education.
Table 2 shows the number of clients of compulsory education age for the operational years of 2002–3 and 2003–4. This information was not collected in 2001–2.
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Table 2: Number of clients/young people of compulsory education age known to connexions
Note: This data was not collected in 2001 2002–03 2003–04 Central London 25,483 34,764 Cheshire and Warrington 42,575 40,953 Cornwall and Devon 61,797 63,356 County Durham 24,065 24,982 Coventry and Warwick 35,752 38,878 Cumbria 25,139 22,668 Derbyshire 32,739 41,328
Table 2: Number of clients/young people of compulsory education age known to connexions
Note: This data was not collected in 2001 East London 87,214 90,610 Essex Southend and Thurrock 80,224 81,980 Gloucestershire 24,131 24,426 Greater Manchester 132,465 128,915 Greater Merseyside 70,652 54,292 Hereford and Worcester 33,774 34,309 Hertfordshire 38,005 39,812 Humber 40,781 46,996 Kent 49,959 62,486 Lancashire 56,010 72,163 Leicestershire 34,106 40,584 Lincolnshire and Rutland 26,179 27,985 Milton Keynes Ox and Bucks 51,109 57,699 Norfolk 37,171 36,928 North London 30,237 40,399 Northamptonshire 29,769 26,853 Northumberland1 11,722 Nottinghamshire 48,028 45,433 Shropshire Telford and Wrekin 13,756 12,959 Somerset 16,794 15,653 South Central 59,204 55,012 South London 42,835 39,762 South Yorkshire 62,325 64,015 Staffordshire 43,324 35,941 Suffolk 31,995 32,387 Surrey 22,015 30,913 Sussex 41,237 52,233 Tees Valley 40,033 36,911 Tyne and Wear 49,471 45,569 West London 38,436 42,161 West of England 34,266 36,953 West Yorkshire 101,715 105,622 Wiltshire and Swindon 21,278 22,955 York and North Yorkshire 30,284 29,490 1 Northumberland Connexions Partnership commenced in April 2003. Notes:
The information complied represents averages of monthly data provided by Connexions partnerships from their own management information and tracking systems.
§ Charles HendryTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills whether it is the policy of the Connexions Service to give special attention to young people not in education, employment or training. [149513]
§ Margaret Hodge[holding answer 20 January 2004]: It is the policy of the Connexions Service to reduce the numbers of young people not in education, employment or training. It does so through preventive work with young people who are in education employment and training and targeted, individual work with those who are not.