Figures for adults (aged 19 and above) participating in further education (FE) and adult and community learning (ACL) programmes can be derived from the Learning and Skills Council’s (LSC) Individualised Learner Record (ILR). The FE ILR was collated for the first time in 2002-03 and figures are given from that time. Regional and local authority breakdowns for learners on ACL programmes could be provided only at disproportionate cost and are therefore not included.
Thousand 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 Region North East 224.2 226.5 239.8 185.8 North West 474.8 459.9 461.7 373.2 Yorkshire and the Humber 354.6 363.9 376.3 305.5 East Midlands 342.8 349.6 346.3 277.7 West Midlands 442.0 417.5 416.6 366.2 East 306.3 303.3 302.3 240.3 London 468.9 463.2 474.6 419.1 South East 454.8 449.8 431.2 344.5 South West 378.1 366.5 366.0 310.9 Local authority City of London 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.4 Camden 13.9 13.6 13.2 12.0 Greenwich 14.8 11.9 12.1 10.7 Hackney 16.1 15.9 17.1 15.0 Hammersmith and Fulham 9.5 9.6 10.3 8.9 Islington 14.5 14.4 14.2 12.3 Kensington and Chelsea 8.1 8.1 8.4 7.2 Lambeth 22.5 21.8 22.4 20.2 Lewisham 18.4 17.5 17.6 15.7 Southwark 18.8 19.5 19.9 18.2 Tower Hamlets 13.2 13.4 14.5 12.7 Wandsworth 14.5 14.9 15.1 12.8 Westminster 12.6 12.9 12.7 11.5 Barking and Dagenham 9.8 10.4 11.0 9.9 Barnet 22.0 20.9 24.0 22.1 Bexley 11.1 10.4 10.2 8.1 Brent 19.8 19.9 20.5 18.9 Bromley 16.0 16.1 15.5 14.0 Croydon 20.9 20.7 20.1 17.1 Ealing 17.3 17.6 18.5 17.1 Enfield 17.5 17.5 19.0 15.3 Haringey 19.2 18.9 20.2 18.0 Harrow 12.0 11.3 10.8 9.6 Havering 13.8 13.8 12.7 11.3 Hillingdon 10.4 10.1 10.3 9.0 Hounslow 13.1 13.4 13.0 11.3 Kingston upon Thames 7.0 6.9 7.0 6.1 Merton 9.2 9.5 9.5 8.9 Newham 21.2 21.0 21.8 21.1 Redbridge 13.3 13.6 14.2 12.0 Richmond upon Thames 10.9 10.9 10.3 7.9 Sutton 9.3 9.6 9.6 8.6 Waltham Forest 17.8 16.9 18.4 15.2 Birmingham 98.9 88.1 91.6 85.1 Coventry 24.2 24.5 24.9 22.2 Dudley 26.6 24.3 24.7 22.8 Sandwell 25.4 23.4 24.3 22.4 Solihull 15.4 13.9 13.8 11.2 Walsall 19.7 19.4 18.0 15.4 Wolverhampton 21.1 21.2 21.0 19.4 Knowsley 12.7 12.9 12.4 9.6 Liverpool 34.0 35.1 33.4 25.9 St. Helens 12.6 13.3 11.9 9.5 Sefton 22.9 23.6 21.1 16.2 Wirral 20.7 21.5 20.5 16.3 Bolton 17.3 15.7 14.4 10.9 Bury 12.9 12.6 12.4 10.1 Manchester 36.7 32.4 38.8 36.2 Oldham 15.0 14.5 14.6 11.2 Rochdale 13.1 12.9 12.9 11.7 Salford 14.9 15.5 16.5 12.5 Stockport 18.7 16.5 18.0 13.8 Tameside 15.7 14.7 14.6 11.2 Trafford 15.5 14.5 15.4 12.0 Wigan 19.7 18.3 17.2 13.8 Barnsley 15.9 16.0 16.3 14.3 Doncaster 22.1 23.2 25.5 19.7 Rotherham 18.9 18.7 18.9 15.7 Sheffield 33.9 36.1 42.2 35.1 Bradford 35.5 36.1 38.5 33.7 Calderdale 13,1 12.9 13.6 10.3 Kirklees 24.7 23.8 25.5 20.2 Leeds 46.1 49.1 47.8 42.0 Wakefield 20.2 22.1 22.3 18.1 Gateshead 20.3 20.3 20.0 14.2 Newcastle upon Tyne 26.1 25.7 28.7 23.5 North Tyneside 17.6 16.7 18.1 14.9 South Tyneside 14.5 15.0 15.5 12.5 Sunderland 26.3 24.1 24.3 17.1 Isles of Scilly 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 Bath and North East Somerset 11.4 10.5 10.5 9.1 Bristol 32.1 30.6 33.5 34.0 North Somerset 15.8 14.1 14.9 14.3 South Gloucestershire 16.3 16.3 14.7 13.7 Hartlepool 7.6 7.7 7.9 6.9 Middlesbrough 11.6 12.6 13.2 10.3 Redcar and Cleveland 11.7 11.8 12.1 9.8 Stockton-on-Tees 16.1 15.2 15.5 13.2 Kingston upon Hull 22.9 23.0 24.6 19.5 East Riding of Yorkshire 25.8 25.3 24.6 18.3 North East Lincolnshire 15.5 16.2 15.5 11.9 North Lincolnshire 13.4 14.4 12.9 9.2 North Yorkshire 36.8 37.0 37.8 29.3 York 9.9 9.9 10.3 8.1 Bedfordshire 26.7 26.4 26.6 21.6 Luton 15.8 16.2 17.1 14.1 Buckinghamshire 24.0 23.3 22.6 18.0 Milton Keynes 13.9 14.2 14.8 12.0 Derbyshire 64.8 61.8 62.8 54.1 Derby 21.2 21.9 22.2 20.5 Dorset 29.1 27.9 26.1 20.5 Poole 9.2 8.3 10.2 8.0 Bournemouth 11.8 12.2 13.3 11.0 Durham 44.0 42.7 46.6 34.7 Darlington 7.3 7.4 8.2 5.5 East Sussex 29.8 27.2 25.0 21.0 Brighton and Hove 18.3 16.9 16.8 14.6 Hampshire 87.8 92.6 79.1 60.8 Portsmouth 14.4 15.5 13.4 10.8 Southampton 12.3 13.6 13.0 11.2 Leicestershire 48.4 47.2 47.0 36.9 Leicester 29.0 30.0 30.3 26.3 Rutland 2.6 2.7 2.5 1.7 Staffordshire 60.2 57.3 57.5 49.1 Stoke-on-Trent 19.3 19.2 19.1 16.0 Wiltshire 28.4 29.6 29.7 22.3 Swindon 11.5 10.5 11.5 10.8 Bracknell Forest 5.1 4.4 4.7 4.0 Windsor and Maidenhead 6.3 6.0 6.2 5.1 West Berkshire 7.8 7.0 6.8 6.0 Reading 7.3 7.3 8.0 7.7 Slough 5.9 5.5 6.1 5.9 Wokingham 7.3 6.1 5.8 5.1 Cambridgeshire 33.5 33.4 34.8 26.0 Peterborough 10.4 11.2 12.1 9.1 Cheshire 38.9 38.0 38.9 33.9 Halton 7.7 7.4 7.4 6.5 Warrington 12.2 12.4 12.5 11.0 Devon 48.9 48.8 47.4 35.4 Plymouth 23.3 20.9 20.2 18.3 Torbay 7.8 8.7 8.4 6.2 Essex 69.3 67.2 64.0 51.8 Southend on Sea 8.2 8.2 7.7 7.0 Thurrock 6.6 6.7 6.7 5.3 Herefordshire 12.0 12.4 10.1 8.2 Worcestershire 43.4 40.4 38.5 37.5 Kent 74.7 68.2 72.9 56.9 Medway 13.1 11.6 11.8 8.6 Lancashire 81.6 79.0 76.8 60.1 Blackburn with Darwen 10.7 9.8 9.7 9.3 Blackpool 10.6 10.3 10.0 7.0 Nottinghamshire 65.2 68.3 65.7 49.3 Nottingham 25.9 27.9 27.5 22.5 Shropshire 21.7 21.4 21.4 16.1 Telford and Wrekin 13.4 13.8 14.7 10.3 Cornwall 55.4 55.1 55.8 46.8 Cumbria 30.8 29.2 32.2 24.5 1 Regional and local authority breakdowns are based on learner home postcode prior to enrolment. Source: LSC ILR