To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many young people are studying for 14 to 19 diplomas in (a) Leeds, West constituency and (b) West Yorkshire in academic year 2009-10. (306619)

The 14 to 19 diploma was introduced in the academic year 2008/09. Data for this year were published via the DCSF website on 11 November 2009 at:

http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/STA/t000888/index.shtml

We do not expect the 2009/10 figures by parliamentary constituency to be available until end November 2010 at the earliest.

The number of learners who participated in a course of study towards a diploma for all or part of the academic year 2008/09 in (a) the Leeds, West parliamentary constituency and (b) West Yorkshire, up to and including 31 August 2009, as identified by the number of diploma learners registered on the QCDA Diploma Aggregation Service (DAS) data is:

10 diploma subjects are currently available, a further seven will be phased in over a period to 2012.