Written question asked by Paul Keetch (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 13 April 1999, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 21 April 1999. It was answered by George Mudie (Labour) on Wednesday, 21 April 1999 on behalf of the Department for Education and Employment.

Dept for Education and Employment

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many students from Herefordshire are currently in (a) full-time and (b) part-time (1) higher education and (2) further education; how many are studying with the Open University; and if he will make a statement. - Inc table and ref to fact that information for Herefordshire not available centrally. Information for Hereford and Worcester given.

Answer: Mr. Keetch: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many students from Herefordshire are currently in (a) full-time and (b) part- time (1) higher education and (2) further education; how many are studying with the Open University; and if he will make a statement. [80928] Mr. Mudie: Information for Herefordshire is not available centrally. The available information for Hereford and Worcester is given in the following table. Students whose home domicile was Hereford and Worcester 1997-98 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Full-time Part-time Higher education 13,597 6,423 Further education 14,394 43,271 Open University 3 1,944 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 80928; 329 c558W
Session: 1998-99
Subjects: Further education Higher education Hereford Part-time education Student numbers Worcester Open University Herefordshire
Contains statistics: Yes