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Education

Volume 490: debated on Monday 23 March 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what percentage of 18 to 24 year-olds in (a) Bexley, (b) London and (c) England were in full-time education in each year since 1997. (261830)

Table 1 shows the number of 18 to 24 year-old Further Education learners in Bexley local authority, London region and England from 2003-04 to 2007-08 by mode of delivery.

Table : Number of 18 to 24 year- old Further Education learners, 2003-04 to 2007-08

Area

Mode of delivery

2003-04

2004-05

2005-06

2006-07

2007-08

Bexley local authority

Full-time Full-year

610

650

690

740

760

Full-time Part-year

200

100

100

100

100

Total

800

800

800

800

800

London region

Full-time Full-year

33,000

34,800

35,600

37,300

38,600

Full-time Part-year

8,300

7,900

6,900

5,900

5,300

Total

41,300

42,700

42,400

43,100

43,800

England

Full-time Full-year

161,200

166,800

170,300

186,700

193,100

Full-time Part-year

47,100

43,000

35,700

30,500

30,100

Total

208,300

209,800

206,000

217,200

223,300

Other

Full-time Full-year

2,800

2,600

2,400

2,600

2,800

Full-time Part-year

1,700

1,900

1,400

1,100

1,000

Total

4,400

4,500

3,700

3,700

3,800

Total (England and other)

Full-time Full-year

164,000

169,400

172,700

189,300

195,900

Full-time Part-year

48,800

44,900

37,000

31,600

31,200

Total

212,700

214,300

209,700

220,900

227,100

Source:

Individualised Learner Record

Table 2 shows the number of 18 to 24 year-old Work Based Learning and Train to Gain starts in Bexley local authority, London region and England from 2003-04 to 2007-08.

Table 2: Number of 18 to 24 year-old Work Based Learning and Train to Gain starts, 2003-04 to 2007-08

Area

2003-04

2004-05

2005-06

2006-07

2007-08

Bexley Local Authority

300

320

300

370

550

London region

19,700

18,300

17,900

35,000

65,100

England

124,700

102,100

102,800

127,100

160,600

Other

2,600

1,900

1,600

2,400

3,800

Total (England and Other)

127,300

104,000

104,300

129,500

164,400

Notes:

1. Bexley local authority numbers are rounded to the nearest 10, all other numbers are rounded to the nearest 100.

2. Learner numbers are shown for provision funded through the FE budget.

3. Number of starts include Work Based Learning and Train to Gain data.

4. Train to Gain was launched in April 2006, so comparable data do not exist for 2003-04 and 2004-05.

5. The field for delivery mode is not mandatory in the Individualised Learner Record collection for Work Based Learning and Train to Gain. Therefore we have provided starts information for contextual purposes.

6. This table uses programme starts as a measure for comparative purposes. Full-year numbers are a count of the number of starts at any point during the year Learners starting more than one course will appear more than once.

7. Area is based upon the home postcode of the learner. Where the postcode is outside of England, learners are included in the 'Other' category. Where postcode is not known this is also included in the 'Other' category.

Source:

WBL and TtG Individualised Learner Record

Table 3 shows the number of 18 to 24 year-old Higher Education enrolments in Bexley local authority, London region, and England from 1997-98 to 2007-08.

Table 3: Number of 18 to 24 year-old Higher Education enrolments, 1997-98 to 2007-08

Area

1997-98

1998-99

1999-2000

2000-01

2001-02

2002-03

2003-04

2004-05

2005-06

2006-07

2007-08

Bexley LA

2,115

2,265

2,215

2,395

2,450

2,655

2,825

2,920

3,035

3,165

3,365

London

93,925

100,370

102,345

107,600

113,710

119,925

123,740

128,330

132,905

138,110

142,240

England

596,530

613,805

623,120

635,105

657,685

683,355

698,870

708,825

731,195

741,265

758,760

Other

135,925

137,260

137,660

140,490

143,390

154,770

165,305

171,895

176,575

182,130

190,135

Total (England and Other)

732,455

751,065

760,780

775,595

801,075

838,130

864,175

880,720

907,765

923,390

948,900

Notes:

1. Figures are on a snapshot basis as at the 1 December and have been rounded to the nearest five.

2. Local Authority, and Government Office Region is defined by full and valid postcodes only.

3. London figures for the 1997-98 academic year refer to Greater London.

4. Students in the ‘England' category are defined as domiciled in England.

5. Students in the ‘Other' category are defined as studying at English Higher Education Institutions but domiciled outside of England.

Source:

Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA)