HC Deb 21 May 2004 vol 421 cc1243-6W
Paul Farrelly

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will list the 23 voluntary-aided projects which were successful in their bids to the 2004–05 Targeted Capital Fund. [174735]

Mr. Miliband

The details are as follows:

(a) 16, (b) 17, (c) 18, (d) 19, (e) 20 and (f) 21-year-olds (i) commenced and (ii) completed (A) NVQ level 3 courses and (B) modern apprenticeships in each year since 1992. [172625]

Alan Johnson

The proportions of 16 to 21-year-olds to have commenced either a NVQ level 3 in Learning and Skills Council (LSC) funded further education, an advanced apprenticeship or an apprenticeship in 2001/02 and 2002/03 are shown in the following table.

Commencement rates of 16 to 21-year-olds on NVQ level 3 courses in LSC funded further education and on apprenticeships by programme and age—England: 2001/02 and 2002/03
Percentage
Programme/Age at 31 August 2001/02 2002/03
NVQ 3 in LSC funded FE
16 0.2 0.1
17 0.6 0.6
18 0.7 0.8
19 0.4 0.5
20 0.3 0.4
21 0.3 0.4
All 16 to 21-year-olds 0.4 0.5
Advanced apprenticeships1
16 1.6 1.4
17 1.3 1.2
18 1.5 1.3
19 1.2 1.1
20 1.0 0.8
21 0.8 0.7
All 16 to 21-year-olds 1.2 1.1

Commencement rates of 16 to 21-year-olds on NVQ level 3 courses in LSC funded further education and on apprenticeships by programme and age—England: 2001/02 and 2002/03
Percentage
Programme/Age at 31 August 2001/02 2002/03
Apprenticeships2
16 5.3 5.2
17 3.4 3.7
18 2.6 2.8
19 1.8 2.1
20 1.3 1.5
21 1.0 1.1
All 16 to 21-year-olds 2.6 2.8
All apprenticeships
16 6.9 6.6
17 4.7 4.9
18 4.1 4.1
19 2.9 3.2
20 2.2 2.3
21 1.8 1.9
All 16 to 21-year-olds 3.8 3.8
Sources:
LSC Individualised Learner Record
LSC Individualised Student Record
Office for National Statistics

The proportions of 16 to 21-year-olds to have achieved either an NVQ level 3 qualification in LSC funded further education, or the NVQ component of an apprenticeship are shown in the following table.

Achievements by 16 to 21-year-olds of NVQ level 3 courses in LSC funded further education and of NVQ components of apprenticeships as a proportion of the relevant age cohort by programme and age—England: 2001/02 and 2002/03
Percentage
Programme/Age at 31 August 2001/02 2002/033
NVQ 3 in LSC funded FE
16 — n/a
17 0.3 n/a
18 0.3 n/a
19 0.2 n/a
20 0.1 n/a
21 0.1 n/a
All 16 to 21-year-olds 0.2 n/a
NVQ 3 component of an advanced apprenticeship1
16 — —
17 0.1 0.1
18 0.5 0.4
19 1.0 1.0
20 0.9 1.0
21 0.6 0.7
All 16 to 21-year-olds 0.5 0.5
NVQ 2 component of an apprenticeship2
16 0.1 0.1
17 1.3 1.3
18 1.4 1.5
19 0.9 1.1
20 0.5 0.7
21 0.4 0.5
All 16 to 21-year-olds 0.7 0.9
NVQ component of all apprenticeships
16 0.1 0.1
17 1.3 1.4
18 1.8 1.9
19 1.8 2.1
20 1.4 1.6
21 1.0 1.2
All 16 to 21-year-olds 1.2 1.4
'—' = less than 0.05 percent.
Notes to tables:
1 Advanced apprenticeships were until recently known as advanced modern apprenticeships.
2 Apprenticeships were until recently known as foundation modern apprenticeships.
3 2002/03 outcomes data for LSC funded further education are not yet available. 2002/03 outcomes data for apprenticeships are provisional.
Sources:
LSC Individualised Learner Record
LSC Individualised Student Record
Office for National Statistics

Please note that direct comparisons should not be made between the proportions in the two tables as individual learners will have their programmes of learning delivered over different years. For example, some of the 17-year-olds to have commenced an NVQ 3 course in 2001/02 will finish as 17-year-olds in 2001/02, others will finish in 2002/03 as 18-year-olds, while others will finish the year after as 19-year-olds.

The percentages in both these tables are produced using post-census population estimates. However we are currently unable to provide a historical series on a comparable population basis. Further information can be found in the Department's Statistical First Release, "Participation in Education, Training and Employment by 16–18 Year Olds in England: 2001 and 2002" available online at: http://www.dfes.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000426/index.shtml.