Asked by: Adrian Bailey (Labour (Co-op) - West Bromwich West)
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many and what proportion of students in further education colleges aged (a) 19 to 24 and (b) 25 and over are of each social grade.
Answered by Nick Boles
Information on the social grade of further education learners is not centrally collected.
Table 2 of a Statistical First Release (SFR) presents data on the characteristics of government funded adult (19+) further education learners:
Asked by: Adrian Bailey (Labour (Co-op) - West Bromwich West)
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to persuade more businesses to offer apprenticeships to 16 to 18 year olds.
Answered by Nick Boles
Apprenticeship reforms are putting employers in the lead of designing apprenticeships, making it more attractive for them to offer more in the future.
Across this parliament we have already supported over 500,000 new apprenticeships for 16-18 year olds. Building on the success of the Apprenticeship Grant for Employers, we are providing an additional £170 million to fund over 100,000 incentive payments of £1,500 to employers taking on a young person aged 16-24.
Asked by: Adrian Bailey (Labour (Co-op) - West Bromwich West)
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many adults enrolled on ESOL courses in further education colleges in each of the last five years.
Answered by Nick Boles
Information on ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) participation is published in Table 3 of a Statistical First Release (SFR):
Asked by: Adrian Bailey (Labour (Co-op) - West Bromwich West)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he and Ministers in his Department have had with Ministers in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills on the proposed reform of apprenticeships; what effect those discussions will have on his Department's projects and the work of their supply chain; and whether officials in his Department sit on programme boards managing the reform.
Answered by Mike Penning
Ministers from the Minsitry of Justice have not met directly with Ministers from Department for Business, Innovation and Skills to discuss the proposed reform of the apprenticeship scheme.
We currently only offer apprenticeships to existing members of staff, and so any proposed reforms to apprenticeship schemes will not have any impact on our current policies and processes.
Asked by: Adrian Bailey (Labour (Co-op) - West Bromwich West)
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many higher apprenticeships were delivered via the (a) Higher Education Funding Council for England and (b) Skills Funding Agency in each of the last five years.
Answered by Matt Hancock
Employers offer apprenticeships, with training providers delivering the required training within an apprenticeship. Government funding for apprenticeships, including higher apprenticeships, is currently provided by the Skills Funding Agency to apprenticeship training providers.
Information on the number of Government funded higher apprenticeships is published in a Statistical First Release (SFR):
Asked by: Adrian Bailey (Labour (Co-op) - West Bromwich West)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of the age cohort achieved a A* to C grade in GCSE (a) mathematics, (b) English and (c) English literature by the age of (i) 19, (ii) 20, (iii) 21, (iv) 22, (v) 23, (vi) 24 and (vi) 25 years in each of the last 10 years.
Answered by Edward Timpson
The following tables show the proportion of 18, 19 and 20 year-olds who had achieved A*-C grade in GCSE English and GCSE mathematics. The figures relate to academic age, that is age at the start of the academic year, so young people of academic age 18 are those turning 19 during the academic year. The figures cover young people who were in the state sector at academic age 15. The data source used for this analysis does not differentiate between English Literature and English Language so the figures for English include those that have A*-C in either subject. The Department does not hold information on the attainment of people older than academic age 20. The earliest data available is for the cohort that was academic age 18 in 2004/05.
Proportion achieving A*-C grade in GCSE mathematics by academic age and cohort
Academic age | |||
Cohort academic age 18 in | 18 | 19 | 20 |
2004/05 | 49.3% | 49.4% | 49.4% |
2005/06 | 48.6% | 48.7% | 48.8% |
2006/07 | 50.5% | 50.6% | 50.6% |
2007/08 | 52.7% | 52.7% | 52.8% |
2008/09 | 54.6% | 54.7% | 54.7% |
2009/10 | 56.5% | 56.6% | 56.7% |
2010/11 | 59.1% | 59.2% | 59.3% |
2011/12 | 61.9% | 62.0% | |
2012/13 | 65.2% | ||
Source: DfE Young Person's Matched Administrative Dataset.
Proportion achieving A*-C grade in GCSE English by academic age and cohort
Academic age | |||
Cohort academic age 18 in | 18 | 19 | 20 |
2004/05 | 55.9% | 56.0% | 56.0% |
2005/06 | 56.7% | 56.8% | 56.9% |
2006/07 | 57.3% | 57.4% | 57.4% |
2007/08 | 58.9% | 58.9% | 59.0% |
2008/09 | 60.1% | 60.2% | 60.2% |
2009/10 | 61.2% | 61.3% | 61.4% |
2010/11 | 63.2% | 63.3% | 63.3% |
2011/12 | 65.4% | 65.5% | |
2012/13 | 69.0% | ||
Source: DfE Young Person's Matched Administrative Dataset.
Asked by: Adrian Bailey (Labour (Co-op) - West Bromwich West)
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many and what proportion of foundation degree students continued to a honours degree in each of the last 10 years.
Answered by Lord Willetts
The available information is shown in the tables. The Tables have been compiled by the Higher Education Funding Council and describe the number of Foundation Degree entrants (Table 1) and Qualifiers (Table 2) and those who transfer from HEIs to honours degree level (Table 3a and 3b). The Higher Education Funding Council (HEFCE) has derived these figures from the HESA standard population (HEIs) and the equivalent population at Further Education Colleges (FECs). Some of the data has been published in the 2010 HEFCE report “Foundation Degree: Key statistics 2001/02 to 2009/10”. http://www.hefce.ac.uk/media/hefce/content/pubs/2010/201012/10_12.pdf).
It has not been possible for HEFCE to complete time series data for FECs for all years because of the disproportionate cost in providing this analysis.
Table 1 - Foundation Degree entrants
The number and proportion of UK-domiciled foundation degree entrants at Higher Education Institutions and Further Education Colleges in England between 2004/05 and 2012/13, split by the type of registering institution.
Number of foundation degree entrants (UK-domiciled foundation degree entrants at HEIs and FECs in England)
Full person equivalent (FPE) numbers, which have been rounded to the nearest 5
2012-13 data is provisional and subject to change
| Type of registering institution |
| |||
| HEI | FEC |
| ||
Year of entry | Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | Total |
2004-05 | 14,785 | 75% | 4,800 | 25% | 19,585 |
2005-06 | 20,750 | 77% | 6,180 | 23% | 26,930 |
2006-07 | 24,510 | 73% | 8,325 | 25% | 33,735 |
2007-08 | 31,370 | 77% | 9,400 | 23% | 40,770 |
2008-09 | 35,600 | 75% | 11,900 | 25% | 47,495 |
2009-10 | 38,865 | 71% | 14,200 | 26% | 54,950 |
2010-11 | 35,685 | 71% | 13,125 | 26% | 49,920 |
2011-12 | 33,845 | 70% | 13,770 | 28% | 48,350 |
2012-13 | 21,090 | 59% | 14,150 | 40% | 35,700 |
Source: HEFCE analysis of the HESA standard registration population at English HEIs, and the equivalent population at English further education colleges, 2005-06 to 2012-13
Note:
1. Figures up to 2008-09 are as published in "Foundation degree: Key statistics 2001-02 to 2009-10" (Table 3 of HEFCE 2010/12, http://www.hefce.ac.uk/media/hefce/content/pubs/2010/201012/10_12.pdf)
2. Figures from 2009-10 to 2012-13 are unpublished, but drawn from Regional Profiles analysis of the same population as earlier years
The figures since 2009/10 show a decline in foundation degree entrants registered at English HEIs with a particularly sharp decline in 2012/13. Some of the reasons for this trend are discussed in the HEFCE report “Undergraduate courses other than first degrees: an analysis of recent trends” published in April 2014.
http://www.hefce.ac.uk/media/hefce/content/pubs/2014/201408c/HEFCE2014_08c.pdf -
Table 2 - Foundation Degree Qualifiers
Number of foundation degree qualifiers (UK-domiciled foundation degree qualifiers at HEIs and FECs in England)
Full person equivalent (FPE) numbers, which have been rounded to the nearest 5
Source: HEFCE analysis of the HESA standard qualifiers population at English HEIs, and the equivalent population at English further education colleges, 2005-06 to 2012-13
Year of foundation degree qualification awarded | Type of registering institution | |||
HEI | FEC | |||
Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | |
2004-05 | 4,615 | .. | .. | .. |
2005-06 | 7,225 | .. | .. | .. |
2006-07 | 8,995 | .. | .. | .. |
2007-08 | 11,435 | .. | .. | .. |
2008-09 | 14,355 | 72% | 5,530 | 28% |
2009-10 | 19,500 | 75% | 6,390 | 25% |
2010-11 | 21,520 | 73% | 7,870 | 27% |
2011-12 | 25,200 | . | .. | . |
2012-13 | 23,245 | . | .. | . |
Note:
1. Figures prior to 2008/09 were neither derived or published for FECs because of incomplete data on qualifications awarded being recorded on the Individual Learning Record (ILR)
2. Figures for FECs from 2011/12 can only be provided at disproportionate cost. No information available.
3. Figures for 2009-10 and 2010-11 are unpublished, but drawn from updated analysis of the same population and on the same basis as earlier years
4. HESA standard qualifications obtained at English HEIs from 2011/12. These figures are similar but not directly comparable with earlier years.
. Not Applicable
..Not Available
Table 3a and 3b shows the number of UK Domicile students being awarded a foundation degree who progress in the following academic year from an HEI to study an Honours Programme. Table 3a is not comparable with Table 3b. The figures shown in Table 3a (up to 2009/10) are derived from analysis produced by HEFCE. The data in Table 3b shows qualifiers derived from the HESA standard qualifications obtained population (Table 3b). However, these figures can only be linked forward to study undertaken at a UK HEI (in the following academic year).
Table 3a Foundation Degree qualifiers progressing to an Honours Programme (Sector-wide)
Progression to honours programme (UK-domiciled foundation degree qualifiers registered at HEIs in England)
Full person equivalent (FPE) numbers, which have been rounded to the nearest 5
Note: Progression of qualifiers from HEIs only
Year of foundation degree qualification awarded, progression to honours degree study in the following academic year | Honours programme registered at the same institution | Honours programme registered at a different UK HEI or English FEC | Not on honours programme in following academic year | |||
Number of qualifiers | Proportion | Number of qualifiers | Proportion | Number of qualifiers | Proportion | |
2003-04, Honours degree in 2004-05 | 1,140 | 47% | 160 | 7% | 1,110 | 46% |
2004-05, Honours degree in 2005-06 | 2,260 | 50% | 225 | 5% | 2,080 | 46% |
2005-06, Honours degree in 2006-07 | 3,385 | 47% | 455 | 6% | 3,385 | 47% |
2006-07, Honours degree in 2007-08 | 4,415 | 49% | 530 | 6% | 4,050 | 45% |
2007-08, Honours degree in 2008-09 | 5,290 | 46% | 870 | 8% | 5,275 | 46% |
2008-09, Honours degree in 2009-10 | 6,530 | 45% | 1,095 | 8% | 6,730 | 47% |
2009-10, Honours degree in 2010-11 | 8,775 | 45% | 1,130 | 6% | 9,590 | 49% |
Source: HEFCE analysis of the HESA standard qualifiers population at English HEIs, 2003-04 to 2009-10
Note:
1. Figures up to 2007-08 qualifiers are as published in "Foundation degree: Key statistics 2001-02 to 2009-10"
2. Figures are only available for the foundation degree qualifiers from HEIs (only). Figures for qualifiers from FECs who transfer to Honours are not available because of incomplete data qualifications (prior to 2008/09) and disproportionate cost in producing this analysis for FECs (2008/09).
Table 3b - Foundation Degree qualifiers progressing to an Honours Programme (HEI to HEI)
Progression to honours programme (UK-domiciled foundation degree qualifiers registered at HEIs in England)
Full person equivalent (FPE) numbers, which have been rounded to the nearest 5
Note: Progression of qualifiers from HEIs only, into honours programmes at HEIs only
Year of foundation degree qualification awarded, progression to honours degree study in the following academic year | Honours programme registered at any UK HEI | Not on honours programme at any UK HEI in following academic year | ||
Number of qualifiers | Proportion | Number of qualifiers | Proportion | |
2010-11, Honours degree in 2011-12 | 12,480 | 49% | 13,090 | 51% |
2011-12, Honours degree in 2012-13 | 12,660 | 50% | 12,540 | 50% |
Source: HESA standard qualifications obtained population at English HEIs, linked to any honours degree study registered at a UK HEI in the year following qualification awarded
Note:
1. Figures are not directly comparable with those provided above.
Asked by: Adrian Bailey (Labour (Co-op) - West Bromwich West)
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many and what proportion of foundation degrees have been delivered by (a) further education colleges and (b) universities in each of the last 10 years.
Answered by Lord Willetts
The available information is shown in the tables. The Tables have been compiled by the Higher Education Funding Council and describe the number of Foundation Degree entrants (Table 1) and Qualifiers (Table 2) and those who transfer from HEIs to honours degree level (Table 3a and 3b). The Higher Education Funding Council (HEFCE) has derived these figures from the HESA standard population (HEIs) and the equivalent population at Further Education Colleges (FECs). Some of the data has been published in the 2010 HEFCE report “Foundation Degree: Key statistics 2001/02 to 2009/10”. http://www.hefce.ac.uk/media/hefce/content/pubs/2010/201012/10_12.pdf).
It has not been possible for HEFCE to complete time series data for FECs for all years because of the disproportionate cost in providing this analysis.
Table 1 - Foundation Degree entrants
The number and proportion of UK-domiciled foundation degree entrants at Higher Education Institutions and Further Education Colleges in England between 2004/05 and 2012/13, split by the type of registering institution.
Number of foundation degree entrants (UK-domiciled foundation degree entrants at HEIs and FECs in England)
Full person equivalent (FPE) numbers, which have been rounded to the nearest 5
2012-13 data is provisional and subject to change
| Type of registering institution |
| |||
| HEI | FEC |
| ||
Year of entry | Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | Total |
2004-05 | 14,785 | 75% | 4,800 | 25% | 19,585 |
2005-06 | 20,750 | 77% | 6,180 | 23% | 26,930 |
2006-07 | 24,510 | 73% | 8,325 | 25% | 33,735 |
2007-08 | 31,370 | 77% | 9,400 | 23% | 40,770 |
2008-09 | 35,600 | 75% | 11,900 | 25% | 47,495 |
2009-10 | 38,865 | 71% | 14,200 | 26% | 54,950 |
2010-11 | 35,685 | 71% | 13,125 | 26% | 49,920 |
2011-12 | 33,845 | 70% | 13,770 | 28% | 48,350 |
2012-13 | 21,090 | 59% | 14,150 | 40% | 35,700 |
Source: HEFCE analysis of the HESA standard registration population at English HEIs, and the equivalent population at English further education colleges, 2005-06 to 2012-13
Note:
1. Figures up to 2008-09 are as published in "Foundation degree: Key statistics 2001-02 to 2009-10" (Table 3 of HEFCE 2010/12, http://www.hefce.ac.uk/media/hefce/content/pubs/2010/201012/10_12.pdf)
2. Figures from 2009-10 to 2012-13 are unpublished, but drawn from Regional Profiles analysis of the same population as earlier years
The figures since 2009/10 show a decline in foundation degree entrants registered at English HEIs with a particularly sharp decline in 2012/13. Some of the reasons for this trend are discussed in the HEFCE report “Undergraduate courses other than first degrees: an analysis of recent trends” published in April 2014.
http://www.hefce.ac.uk/media/hefce/content/pubs/2014/201408c/HEFCE2014_08c.pdf -
Table 2 - Foundation Degree Qualifiers
Number of foundation degree qualifiers (UK-domiciled foundation degree qualifiers at HEIs and FECs in England)
Full person equivalent (FPE) numbers, which have been rounded to the nearest 5
Source: HEFCE analysis of the HESA standard qualifiers population at English HEIs, and the equivalent population at English further education colleges, 2005-06 to 2012-13
Year of foundation degree qualification awarded | Type of registering institution | |||
HEI | FEC | |||
Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | |
2004-05 | 4,615 | .. | .. | .. |
2005-06 | 7,225 | .. | .. | .. |
2006-07 | 8,995 | .. | .. | .. |
2007-08 | 11,435 | .. | .. | .. |
2008-09 | 14,355 | 72% | 5,530 | 28% |
2009-10 | 19,500 | 75% | 6,390 | 25% |
2010-11 | 21,520 | 73% | 7,870 | 27% |
2011-12 | 25,200 | . | .. | . |
2012-13 | 23,245 | . | .. | . |
Note:
1. Figures prior to 2008/09 were neither derived or published for FECs because of incomplete data on qualifications awarded being recorded on the Individual Learning Record (ILR)
2. Figures for FECs from 2011/12 can only be provided at disproportionate cost. No information available.
3. Figures for 2009-10 and 2010-11 are unpublished, but drawn from updated analysis of the same population and on the same basis as earlier years
4. HESA standard qualifications obtained at English HEIs from 2011/12. These figures are similar but not directly comparable with earlier years.
. Not Applicable
..Not Available
Table 3a and 3b shows the number of UK Domicile students being awarded a foundation degree who progress in the following academic year from an HEI to study an Honours Programme. Table 3a is not comparable with Table 3b. The figures shown in Table 3a (up to 2009/10) are derived from analysis produced by HEFCE. The data in Table 3b shows qualifiers derived from the HESA standard qualifications obtained population (Table 3b). However, these figures can only be linked forward to study undertaken at a UK HEI (in the following academic year).
Table 3a Foundation Degree qualifiers progressing to an Honours Programme (Sector-wide)
Progression to honours programme (UK-domiciled foundation degree qualifiers registered at HEIs in England)
Full person equivalent (FPE) numbers, which have been rounded to the nearest 5
Note: Progression of qualifiers from HEIs only
Year of foundation degree qualification awarded, progression to honours degree study in the following academic year | Honours programme registered at the same institution | Honours programme registered at a different UK HEI or English FEC | Not on honours programme in following academic year | |||
Number of qualifiers | Proportion | Number of qualifiers | Proportion | Number of qualifiers | Proportion | |
2003-04, Honours degree in 2004-05 | 1,140 | 47% | 160 | 7% | 1,110 | 46% |
2004-05, Honours degree in 2005-06 | 2,260 | 50% | 225 | 5% | 2,080 | 46% |
2005-06, Honours degree in 2006-07 | 3,385 | 47% | 455 | 6% | 3,385 | 47% |
2006-07, Honours degree in 2007-08 | 4,415 | 49% | 530 | 6% | 4,050 | 45% |
2007-08, Honours degree in 2008-09 | 5,290 | 46% | 870 | 8% | 5,275 | 46% |
2008-09, Honours degree in 2009-10 | 6,530 | 45% | 1,095 | 8% | 6,730 | 47% |
2009-10, Honours degree in 2010-11 | 8,775 | 45% | 1,130 | 6% | 9,590 | 49% |
Source: HEFCE analysis of the HESA standard qualifiers population at English HEIs, 2003-04 to 2009-10
Note:
1. Figures up to 2007-08 qualifiers are as published in "Foundation degree: Key statistics 2001-02 to 2009-10"
2. Figures are only available for the foundation degree qualifiers from HEIs (only). Figures for qualifiers from FECs who transfer to Honours are not available because of incomplete data qualifications (prior to 2008/09) and disproportionate cost in producing this analysis for FECs (2008/09).
Table 3b - Foundation Degree qualifiers progressing to an Honours Programme (HEI to HEI)
Progression to honours programme (UK-domiciled foundation degree qualifiers registered at HEIs in England)
Full person equivalent (FPE) numbers, which have been rounded to the nearest 5
Note: Progression of qualifiers from HEIs only, into honours programmes at HEIs only
Year of foundation degree qualification awarded, progression to honours degree study in the following academic year | Honours programme registered at any UK HEI | Not on honours programme at any UK HEI in following academic year | ||
Number of qualifiers | Proportion | Number of qualifiers | Proportion | |
2010-11, Honours degree in 2011-12 | 12,480 | 49% | 13,090 | 51% |
2011-12, Honours degree in 2012-13 | 12,660 | 50% | 12,540 | 50% |
Source: HESA standard qualifications obtained population at English HEIs, linked to any honours degree study registered at a UK HEI in the year following qualification awarded
Note:
1. Figures are not directly comparable with those provided above.
Asked by: Adrian Bailey (Labour (Co-op) - West Bromwich West)
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many students have (a) started and (b) completed a foundation degree in each of the last 10 years.
Answered by Lord Willetts
The available information is shown in the tables. The Tables have been compiled by the Higher Education Funding Council and describe the number of Foundation Degree entrants (Table 1) and Qualifiers (Table 2) and those who transfer from HEIs to honours degree level (Table 3a and 3b). The Higher Education Funding Council (HEFCE) has derived these figures from the HESA standard population (HEIs) and the equivalent population at Further Education Colleges (FECs). Some of the data has been published in the 2010 HEFCE report “Foundation Degree: Key statistics 2001/02 to 2009/10”. http://www.hefce.ac.uk/media/hefce/content/pubs/2010/201012/10_12.pdf).
It has not been possible for HEFCE to complete time series data for FECs for all years because of the disproportionate cost in providing this analysis.
Table 1 - Foundation Degree entrants
The number and proportion of UK-domiciled foundation degree entrants at Higher Education Institutions and Further Education Colleges in England between 2004/05 and 2012/13, split by the type of registering institution.
Number of foundation degree entrants (UK-domiciled foundation degree entrants at HEIs and FECs in England)
Full person equivalent (FPE) numbers, which have been rounded to the nearest 5
2012-13 data is provisional and subject to change
| Type of registering institution |
| |||
| HEI | FEC |
| ||
Year of entry | Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | Total |
2004-05 | 14,785 | 75% | 4,800 | 25% | 19,585 |
2005-06 | 20,750 | 77% | 6,180 | 23% | 26,930 |
2006-07 | 24,510 | 73% | 8,325 | 25% | 33,735 |
2007-08 | 31,370 | 77% | 9,400 | 23% | 40,770 |
2008-09 | 35,600 | 75% | 11,900 | 25% | 47,495 |
2009-10 | 38,865 | 71% | 14,200 | 26% | 54,950 |
2010-11 | 35,685 | 71% | 13,125 | 26% | 49,920 |
2011-12 | 33,845 | 70% | 13,770 | 28% | 48,350 |
2012-13 | 21,090 | 59% | 14,150 | 40% | 35,700 |
Source: HEFCE analysis of the HESA standard registration population at English HEIs, and the equivalent population at English further education colleges, 2005-06 to 2012-13
Note:
1. Figures up to 2008-09 are as published in "Foundation degree: Key statistics 2001-02 to 2009-10" (Table 3 of HEFCE 2010/12, http://www.hefce.ac.uk/media/hefce/content/pubs/2010/201012/10_12.pdf)
2. Figures from 2009-10 to 2012-13 are unpublished, but drawn from Regional Profiles analysis of the same population as earlier years
The figures since 2009/10 show a decline in foundation degree entrants registered at English HEIs with a particularly sharp decline in 2012/13. Some of the reasons for this trend are discussed in the HEFCE report “Undergraduate courses other than first degrees: an analysis of recent trends” published in April 2014.
http://www.hefce.ac.uk/media/hefce/content/pubs/2014/201408c/HEFCE2014_08c.pdf -
Table 2 - Foundation Degree Qualifiers
Number of foundation degree qualifiers (UK-domiciled foundation degree qualifiers at HEIs and FECs in England)
Full person equivalent (FPE) numbers, which have been rounded to the nearest 5
Source: HEFCE analysis of the HESA standard qualifiers population at English HEIs, and the equivalent population at English further education colleges, 2005-06 to 2012-13
Year of foundation degree qualification awarded | Type of registering institution | |||
HEI | FEC | |||
Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | |
2004-05 | 4,615 | .. | .. | .. |
2005-06 | 7,225 | .. | .. | .. |
2006-07 | 8,995 | .. | .. | .. |
2007-08 | 11,435 | .. | .. | .. |
2008-09 | 14,355 | 72% | 5,530 | 28% |
2009-10 | 19,500 | 75% | 6,390 | 25% |
2010-11 | 21,520 | 73% | 7,870 | 27% |
2011-12 | 25,200 | . | .. | . |
2012-13 | 23,245 | . | .. | . |
Note:
1. Figures prior to 2008/09 were neither derived or published for FECs because of incomplete data on qualifications awarded being recorded on the Individual Learning Record (ILR)
2. Figures for FECs from 2011/12 can only be provided at disproportionate cost. No information available.
3. Figures for 2009-10 and 2010-11 are unpublished, but drawn from updated analysis of the same population and on the same basis as earlier years
4. HESA standard qualifications obtained at English HEIs from 2011/12. These figures are similar but not directly comparable with earlier years.
. Not Applicable
..Not Available
Table 3a and 3b shows the number of UK Domicile students being awarded a foundation degree who progress in the following academic year from an HEI to study an Honours Programme. Table 3a is not comparable with Table 3b. The figures shown in Table 3a (up to 2009/10) are derived from analysis produced by HEFCE. The data in Table 3b shows qualifiers derived from the HESA standard qualifications obtained population (Table 3b). However, these figures can only be linked forward to study undertaken at a UK HEI (in the following academic year).
Table 3a Foundation Degree qualifiers progressing to an Honours Programme (Sector-wide)
Progression to honours programme (UK-domiciled foundation degree qualifiers registered at HEIs in England)
Full person equivalent (FPE) numbers, which have been rounded to the nearest 5
Note: Progression of qualifiers from HEIs only
Year of foundation degree qualification awarded, progression to honours degree study in the following academic year | Honours programme registered at the same institution | Honours programme registered at a different UK HEI or English FEC | Not on honours programme in following academic year | |||
Number of qualifiers | Proportion | Number of qualifiers | Proportion | Number of qualifiers | Proportion | |
2003-04, Honours degree in 2004-05 | 1,140 | 47% | 160 | 7% | 1,110 | 46% |
2004-05, Honours degree in 2005-06 | 2,260 | 50% | 225 | 5% | 2,080 | 46% |
2005-06, Honours degree in 2006-07 | 3,385 | 47% | 455 | 6% | 3,385 | 47% |
2006-07, Honours degree in 2007-08 | 4,415 | 49% | 530 | 6% | 4,050 | 45% |
2007-08, Honours degree in 2008-09 | 5,290 | 46% | 870 | 8% | 5,275 | 46% |
2008-09, Honours degree in 2009-10 | 6,530 | 45% | 1,095 | 8% | 6,730 | 47% |
2009-10, Honours degree in 2010-11 | 8,775 | 45% | 1,130 | 6% | 9,590 | 49% |
Source: HEFCE analysis of the HESA standard qualifiers population at English HEIs, 2003-04 to 2009-10
Note:
1. Figures up to 2007-08 qualifiers are as published in "Foundation degree: Key statistics 2001-02 to 2009-10"
2. Figures are only available for the foundation degree qualifiers from HEIs (only). Figures for qualifiers from FECs who transfer to Honours are not available because of incomplete data qualifications (prior to 2008/09) and disproportionate cost in producing this analysis for FECs (2008/09).
Table 3b - Foundation Degree qualifiers progressing to an Honours Programme (HEI to HEI)
Progression to honours programme (UK-domiciled foundation degree qualifiers registered at HEIs in England)
Full person equivalent (FPE) numbers, which have been rounded to the nearest 5
Note: Progression of qualifiers from HEIs only, into honours programmes at HEIs only
Year of foundation degree qualification awarded, progression to honours degree study in the following academic year | Honours programme registered at any UK HEI | Not on honours programme at any UK HEI in following academic year | ||
Number of qualifiers | Proportion | Number of qualifiers | Proportion | |
2010-11, Honours degree in 2011-12 | 12,480 | 49% | 13,090 | 51% |
2011-12, Honours degree in 2012-13 | 12,660 | 50% | 12,540 | 50% |
Source: HESA standard qualifications obtained population at English HEIs, linked to any honours degree study registered at a UK HEI in the year following qualification awarded
Note:
1. Figures are not directly comparable with those provided above.
Asked by: Adrian Bailey (Labour (Co-op) - West Bromwich West)
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, (a) how many higher national diplomas and (b) higher national certificates have been completed in each of the last 10 years.
Answered by Lord Willetts
The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) collects and publishes data on student qualifiers at UK Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). The number of students registered at an English Higher Education Institution, who qualified with a Higher National Diploma (HND) and a Higher National Certificate (HNC) in the last 10 years can be found in the table below.
It has not been possible to provide a time series data for FECs because of the disproportionate cost in providing this analysis.
Qualifiers from HND and HNC courses by mode of study
Registered at English Higher Education Institutions
Academic year 2003/04 to 2012/13
Level of study | Mode of study | 2003/04 | 2004/05 | 2005/06 | 2006/07 | 2007/08 | 2008/09 | 2009/10 | 2010/11 | 2011/12 | 2012/13 |
HND | Full-Time | 7,660
| 6,035
| 5,025
| 3,980
| 3,475
| 2,630
| 2,635
| 2,460
| 2,385
| 1,955
|
| Part-Time | 1,575
| 1,465
| 1,140
| 1,140
| 860
| 720
| 710
| 565
| 540
| 515
|
| Total | 9,235
| 7,500
| 6,165
| 5,120
| 4,335
| 3,350
| 3,345
| 3,025
| 2,925
| 2,470
|
HNC | Full-Time | 135
| 125
| 160
| 160
| 75
| 55
| 135
| 160
| 115
| 215
|
| Part-Time | 3,940
| 3,195
| 2,995
| 2,780
| 2,745
| 2,900
| 3,155
| 2,320
| 2,275
| 1,785
|
| Total | 4,075
| 3,320
| 3,155
| 2,945
| 2,825
| 2,955
| 3,295
| 2,480
| 2,390
| 2,000
|
Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency Student Record
Notes:
1. Figures are based on HESA qualifications obtained population and have been rounded up or down to the nearest multiple of five, so components may not sum to totals.
2. Students registered at English HEIs will include both students studying at English HEIs and students franchised at Further Education Colleges.