Vocational Education Mr. Sheerman To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what independent evaluation his Department has commissioned the cost of centres for vocational education. Phil Hope This is a matter for the Learning and Skills Council as they lead on the delivery of Centres for Vocational Excellence. Mark Haysom, Chief Executive of the Learning and Skills Council has written directly to the hon. Member with the information on evaluation of the cost of Centres for Vocational Excellence and a copy of his reply has been placed in the House Library. Letter from Mark Haysom, dated 8 December 2006: Thank you for your query regarding the total funding of the CoVE programme and the number of learners affected by CoVE since its inception in Sept 2001. In response, please find attached a spreadsheet containing information answering your queries. Please note however: Learner Numbers Learners are only counted if any of their programme was indicated as CoVE learning. Learner numbers are rounded to the nearest 100 learners. There is a known under-count of CoVE learners in 2002/03. Learner counts are by year—if a learner was enrolled on a 2 year program, that learner would be counted in each year. For 2001/02, recording of CoVE learners was not possible. Learner recording system does not include non LSC funded provision. Financial Information Financial projections are accurate as of December 2006. Changes in status of CoVEs could delay payments across financial years. Removal/withdrawal of status will reduce the total cost of the programme. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |FE Learners|WBL Learners|Total | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2001/02 |1— |1— |1— | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2002/03 |50,400 |1,100 |51,500 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2003/04 |91,200 |4,200 |95,400 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2004/05 |126,900 |7,200 |134,100| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2005/06 |161,600 |10,700 |172,300| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Total |430,100 |23,200 |453,300| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |1 Not recorded.Notes:1. Learners are counted only if any of their programme was indicated as CoVE learning.2. Numbers are rounded to the nearest 100 learners.3. There is a known under-count of CoVE learners in 2002/03.4. Learner counts are by year—if a learner was enrolled on a 2-year program, that learner would be counted in each year.5. For 2001/02, recording of CoVE learners was not possible.6. Learner recording system does not include non-LSC funded provision.Source:Individualised Learner Records for 2002/03, 2003/04,2004/05 and 2005/06.| | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |£ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |Revenue|Capital|Total| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2001-02 |1,920,000|2,880,000|4,800,000| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2002-03 |14,540,000|21,230,000|35,770,000| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2003-04 |13,402,500|42,893,613|56,296,113| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2004-05 |11,445,500|20,992,387|32,437,887| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2005-06 |12,213,334|31,812,548|44,025,882| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2006-07 |10,181,334|19,780,333|29,961,667| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2007-08 |6,906,333|3,991,000|10,897,333| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2008-09 |1,274,084|0|1,274,084| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Total |71,883,085|143,579,881|215,462,966| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Notes:1. Financial projections are accurate as of December 2006.2. Changes in status of CoVEs could delay payments across financial years.3. Removal/withdrawal of status will reduce the total cost of the programme.| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------