Written question asked by Peter Bottomley (Conservative) on Wednesday, 19 May 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 25 May 2004. It was answered by Ivan Lewis (Labour) on Tuesday, 25 May 2004 on behalf of the Department for Education and Skills.

Dept for Education and Skills

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many people in the Worthing area he expects to stay in education as a result of the introduction of education maintenance allowances; and what plans he has to provide extra funding to further education colleges in the Worthing area to support these students. - Inc figure.

Answer: Peter Bottomley: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many people in the Worthing area he expects to stay in education as a result of the introduction of education maintenance allowances; and what plans he has to provide extra funding to further education colleges in the Worthing area to support these students. [175447] Mr. Ivan Lewis: We estimate there will be about 3,600 extra 16-year-olds in the South East Region in further education this September who would not be participating without EMA. We are unable to provide forecasts of the number of EMA students down to constituency level. The 2002 Spending Review settlement allowed for the expected impact of national EMA in further education institutions.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 421 c1529W; 175447
Session: 2003-04
Subjects: Finance Further education Education maintenance allowance Student numbers South East Worthing
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk