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Dept for Education and Skills

Answer

Mr. Chaytor: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many (a) individual students were awarded level three qualifications and (b) level three qualifications were awarded in English further education colleges in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement. [197824] Mr. Miliband: Figures are only available on a broadly consistent basis from 1994/95 onwards. The following tables show particular qualification types and combinations which equate to a full level 3 qualification. The information in the tables comes from a variety of data systems over time and it is not possible to match data across these sources for individual students. Therefore, it is possible that some individual students appear in more than one column. Table 1: Number of Level 3 awards, England Thousand _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Two or more GCEA Four AS Levels Advanced GNVQ/ NVQ Level 3 Full VRQ Level 3 Levels VCE 1994/95 165 -- 11 43 -- 1995/96 169 -- 30 56 -- 1996/97 183 -- 32 79 -- 1997/98 188 -- 39 90 -- 1998/99 188 -- 42 89 -- 1999/2000 186 -- 44 97 -- 2000/01 193 86 42 90 -- 2001/02 195 85 41 85 1 2002/03 207 90 36 85 6 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Table 2: Number of Level 3 awards in Further Education and Sixth Form Colleges, England Thousand _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Two or more GCEA Four AS Levels Advanced GNVQ/ NVQ Level 3 Full VRQ Level 3 Levels VCE 1994/95 56 -- 7 n/a -- 1995/96 57 -- 19 n/a -- 1996/97 61 -- 19 n/a -- 1997/98 60 -- 29 40 -- 1998/99 59 -- 30 36 -- 1999/2000 57 -- 30 39 -- 2000/01 59 27 28 36 -- 2001/02 59 29 27 36 1 2002/03 64 31 24 35 5 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. n/a = Not available. Notes: 1. The number of GNVQs are not fully consistent over time, figures from 2000/01 onwards are taken from the Secondary School and College Performance Tables Database, figures for earlier years are taken from NISVQ. 2. The figures for two or more GCE A Levels includes those gaining a combination of one GCE A Level and 2+ GCE AS Levels in the same year. Those gaining four AS Levels within the year are excluded and shown separately given they will be double counted when they complete their full A Level course. For this reason, it is not appropriate to add across the rows to form a total figure. 3. The Full VRQ Level 3 figure is for Vocationally Related Qualifications accredited by QCA as having 80 to 100 per cent. width. 4. Advanced GNVQ/VCE includes Advanced GNVQs, VCE 12 Unit, 2 VCE 6 Unit qualifications or equivalent combinations of VCE 6 unit and 3 unit qualifications. Source: Secondary School and College Performance Tables Database and National Information System for Vocational Qualifications (NISVQ)

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

197824; 426 c2121-2W;426 c2127-8W

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Assessments Further education English language Qualifications Standards Students Sixth form colleges

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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