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Adult Education

Mr. Andrew Turner: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the administrative cost was of those functions of her Department concerned with adult education and basic skills in each year since 1997; and how much that sum represented per adult in the population. [29662]

Mr. Ivan Lewis [holding answer 23 January 2002]: The figures are set out in the table for the period 1998–99 to 2000–01. Figures prior to 1998–99 could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. 'Adult Education' is interpreted as the local education authority secured adult education sector.

Financial year	DfES admin cost (£000)	Cost per adult(24) (£)
1998–99	207	0.01
1999–2000	351	0.01
2000–01	351	0.01

⁽²⁴⁾ The administrative cost for each complete financial year divided by the adult (age 19+) resident population for England (from the Office for National Statistics) taken at the mid point of the calendar year which forms the first nine months of each financial year.

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Student Profiles

Mr. McNamara: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the social class breakdown was in 2001 of students who (a) applied for and (b) were successful in obtaining places on degree courses at British universities in (i) law, (ii) medicine, (iii) engineering, (iv) nursing, (v) B Ed teaching, (vi) accountancy, (vii) veterinary studies and (viii) psychology; and what the percentage change in (A) applicants and (B) successful places has been since 1995, broken down by social class. [29690]

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Margaret Hodge: Information for the years 1995 and 2001, and the percentage change, is shown in the tables. A change in the UCAS application system contributed to the decrease in applications between 1995 and 2001: in 1995 each applicant could make up to eight applications; but in 2001 each applicant could only make up to six applications.

The Government are committed to raising the participation rates for people from less affluent family backgrounds, and have introduced Excellence Challenge, including the AimHigher campaign, which is targeted at raising attainment and aspirations among young people who traditionally would not consider going to university.

Applicants⁽²⁵⁾ and accepted applicants through UCAS to full-time and sandwich first-degree courses in the United Kingdom by social class and subject

	Social class
Year of entry	Professional	Intermediate	Skilled manual	Skilled non-manual	Partly skilled	Unskilled	Not known	Grand total
1995
Applicants(25)
Pre-clinical medicine	3,489	3,665	879	845	554	125	490	10,047
Nursing	594	1,948	1,066	560	526	136	560	5,390
Psychology	3,726	11,205	4,806	3,444	2,303	658	2,991	29,133
Veterinary science	348	647	136	124	62	7	57	1,381
Engineering(26)	4,254	9,544	4,907	2,809	2,242	467	2,580	26,803
Law	2,919	7,598	3,062	2,259	1,462	480	2,039	19,819
Accountancy	1,171	3,978	2,216	1,510	1,064	328	1,192	11,459
Education(27)	4,199	16,010	9,306	5,338	3,811	1,002	3,840	43,506
	Accepted Applicants
Pre-clinical medicine	1,720	1,571	280	341	167	29	127	4,235
Nursing	225	596	290	171	126	31	146	1,585
Psychology	1,015	2,671	1,055	782	502	136	673	6,834
Veterinary science	145	248	27	42	10	2	8	482
Engineering(26)	2,430	5,034	2,411	1,432	1,115	240	1,399	14,061
Law	1,541	3,570	1,272	965	592	166	793	8,899
Accountancy	424	1,381	731	538	354	108	390	3,926
Education(27)	1,285	4,605	2,442	1,513	952	214	1,014	12,025
2001
Applicants(25)
Pre-clinical medicine	2,805	3,017	690	716	351	74	1,003	8,656
Nursing	538	2,878	1,221	1,086	1,222	177	1,560	8,682
Psychology	2,969	10,327	4,176	3,409	2,143	537	3,179	26,740
Veterinary science	394	698	161	151	71	11	131	1,617
Engineering(26)	3,418	8,277	4,081	2,393	1,624	378	3,403	23,574
Law	2,686	7,693	3,246	2,584	1,416	476	2,961	21,062
Accountancy	1,000	3,587	1,943	1,429	850	271	1,479	10,559
Education(27)	1,222	5,912	3,397	2,438	1,875	352	2,071	17,267
	Accepted Applicants
Pre-clinical medicine	2,053	2,037	406	439	204	36	500	5,675
Nursing	246	1,349	472	431	515	58	622	3,693
Psychology	1,166	3,981	1,404	1,305	732	164	1,209	9,961
Veterinary science	175	290	43	48	26	1	53	636
Engineering(26)	2,058	4,493	2,047	1,216	841	190	1,749	12,594
Law	1,731	4,658	1,781	1,501	747	256	1,686	12,360
Accountancy	411	1,413	743	649	355	103	626	4,300
Education(27)	530	2,422	1,320	1,009	777	115	792	6,965

Percentage change for applicants⁽²⁵⁾ and accepted applicants from 1995 to 2001

	Social class
Year of entry	Professional	Intermediate	Skilled manual	Skilled non-manual	Partly skilled	Unskilled	Not known	Grand total
2001
Applicants(25)
Pre-clinical medicine	-20	-18	-22	-15	-37	-41	105	-14
Nursing	-9	48	15	94	132	30	179	61
Psychology	-20	-8	-13	-1	-7	-18	6	-8
Veterinary science	13	8	18	22	15	57	130	17
Engineering(26)	-20	-13	-17	-15	-28	-19	32	-12
Law	-8	1	6	14	-3	-1	45	6
Accountancy	-15	-10	-12	-5	-20	-17	24	-8
Education(27)	-71	-63	-63	-54	-51	-65	-46	-60
Accepted Applicants
Pre-clinical medicine	19	30	45	29	22	24	294	34
Nursing	9	126	63	152	309	87	326	133
Psychology	15	49	33	67	46	21	80	46
Veterinary science	21	17	59	14	160	-50	563	32
Engineering(26)	-15	-11	-15	-15	-25	-21	25	-10
Law	12	30	40	56	26	54	113	39
Accountancy	-3	2	2	21	0	-5	61	10
Education(27)	-59	-47	-46	-33	-18	-46	-22	-42

⁽²⁵⁾ In 1995 each student could make up to eight applications; in 2001 each student could make up to 6 applications. In the tables, applicants are counted once under each subject to which they applied.

⁽²⁶⁾ Includes general, civil, mechanical, aeronautical, electrical, electronic, production/manufacturing and chemical engineering courses.

⁽²⁷⁾ Includes courses within the Education Group that lead to Qualified Teacher Status. In 1995, the Education group included all sports science, leisure studies and recreation management courses. Since 1997, these courses have been re-coded into other subject lines.

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Special Measures

Mr. Moss: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will list (a) the name and corresponding local education authority of each school placed under special measures since May 1997 and (b) the duration for which they were under special measures. [29731]

Mr. Timms: I shall place in the Library a list of the names of schools which have been judged to require special measures since May 1997, together with their local education authority and the length of time they were in special measures. The list also includes a number of schools which were closed while in special measures.

Financial Resources and Initiatives (Dorset)

Jim Knight: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will list the financial resources and initiatives sponsored by her Department in the last 12 months for Dorset which are additional to the Government SSA grants. [29894]

Mr. Timms: The table shows the Department's allocated grants to Dorset local education authority in 2000–01 and 2001–02.

£

	2000–01	2001–02
Standards Fund (revenue)	7,369,622	9,104,494
Teachers Pay Reform Grant	2,069,823	2,699,397
Nursery Education Grant (3-year-olds)	395,024	1,513,512
Nursery Education Grant (4-year-olds)	1,332,672	—
Early Years Training and Recruitment	52,300	231,024
Early Years Special Education Needs Co-ordinators	—	33,691
Childcare Grant	373,700	1,670,361
School Standards Grant	2,354,000	4,866,000
School Budget Support Grant	343,176	—
Education Budget Support Grant	—	100,000
Transitional Funding and Transitional Grant Insurance (former GM Schools)	36,837	4,742
Capital Grant	11,018,000	9,061,000

Note:

Amounts are in cash terms. 2001–02 figures may be subject to change.

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Information on other support for projects in Dorset, provided outside the local government finance system, is not readily available.

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