Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the background of student intake is for the National College Creative Industries by (a) region, (b) gender and (c) the number of students from low income backgrounds.
The number of further education (FE) students and apprentices who have graduated and been recruited from the National College for Creative and Cultural Industries is set out in the table below on FE student and apprenticeship starts and completions. As the apprenticeships last 12 months, some students are still due to complete for this year and next year. The data for this table has been supplied from the college’s own records.
| Academic year 2016/17 | Academic year 2017/18 | Academic year 2018/19 |
FE student starts | 9 | 20 | 28 |
FE student completions | 9 | 14 | 1 |
Apprenticeship starts | 40 | 53 | 38 |
Apprenticeship completions | 27 | 8 | 0 |
The college does not have destination data available for students in 2016/17. However, out of the FE students who completed in academic year 2017/18, 8 are working in the industry and the remainder have gone onto to further education or higher education.
The student intake according to region and gender is in the table below. Detailed information on
the number of students from low income background is currently not available.
| Number of students |
East of England | 63 |
London | 85 |
North East | 1 |
North West | 3 |
South East | 20 |
South West | 4 |
West Midlands | 6 |
Yorks and Humber | 6 |
It should be noted that the data is supplied by the college’s own records for academic years 2016/17 to 2018/19.
Gender | Number |
Female | 86 |
Male | 102 |
It should be noted that the data is supplied by the college’s own records for academic years 2016/17 to 2018/19.
The government has not provided funding to the Backstage Centre. Funding provided to the National College for Creative and Cultural Industries since its incorporation is set out in the table below, where details of the funding covers financial years from April to March.
| 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 | Total |
Capital funding | £50,000 | £195,449 | £174,525 | - | £419,974 |
Revenue support funding | - | - | - | £275,000 | £275,000 |
Working capital loan | - | - | £650,000 | £600,000 | £1,250,000 |
Total | £50,000 | £195,449 | £824,525 | £875,000 | £1,944,974 |
The number of total staff per year since the creation of the National College for Creative and Cultural Industries is set out in the table below, which includes temporary placements, apprentices and part time staff.
Calendar Year | Staff number |
2017 | 20 |
2018 | 22 |
2019 | 16 |