Further Education

(asked on 12th March 2015) - View Source

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many students were enrolled in further education colleges in each of the past five years; and what estimate he has made of the number of students enrolled in further education colleges in each of the next five years.


Answered by
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Nick Boles
This question was answered on 18th March 2015

Information on participation at Further Education providers over the last five academic years is published in provider reports (first link below) in the FE Data Library (second link below).

The Department do not produce forecasts for Further Education & Skills learner numbers.

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/378355/feandskills-learners-by-provider-local-authority-learner-characteristics-1314.xls

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-local-authority-tables

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