Information on apprenticeship starts by geography is published in a supplementary table to a Statistical First Release (SFR):<\/p>
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/364255/apprenticeships-starts-by-geography-learner-demographics-and-sector-subject-area.xls<\/a><\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many new apprenticeships have begun in (a) England and (b) Brighton, Kemptown constituency in the last three years; and if he will make a statement.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3929", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Simon Kirby"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/156038", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Business, Innovation and Skills"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/156038/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " Information on volumes in offender learning by gender is published in a supplementary table to a Statistical First Release (SFR):<\/p> <\/p> https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/354673/feandskills-OLASS-participation-and-achievement.xls.xls<\/a><\/p> <\/p> Offender learning is recorded in the Individualised Learner Record (ILR). The ILR does not capture information on those who have declined education.<\/p> <\/p> SFR data is not comparable with published prison population data in a way that would allow calculation of the proportion of offenders who engage in learning.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of (a) male and (b) female offenders have (i) engaged and (ii) declined to engage in education in custody in the latest period for which figures are available.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/155401/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " Most prisoners who study Higher Education (HE) in custody do so through the Open University (OU). Prior to September 2012, the costs of prisoners\u2019 tuition were met from public funds in an arrangement that broadly mirrored the Grant arrangements for other part-time HE students. From September 2012, prisoners have been required to take out, and then repay, Tuition Fee loans in the same way as other learners.<\/p> <\/p> The OU\u2019s additional costs for delivering in custody are met through a Grant from the Department. Table 1 below shows a breakdown of grant payments in each of the last 10 years.<\/p> <\/p> The costs of providing prison university education are found from a variety of sources and gathering the data could only be undertaken at disproportionate cost.<\/p> <\/p> Table 2 gives a breakdown of the number of prisoners studying towards an Open University degree whilst in prison in each of the last 10 years. There may be a very small number of prisoners, each year, who will have commenced HE with Universities other than the OU whilst on Release on Temporary Licence. We have no central data on these learners and therefore they are not included in the figures.<\/p> <\/strong><\/p> <\/strong><\/p> Table 1<\/strong><\/p> BIS Grant payments to the Open University for additional costs for delivering OU learning in custody from 2005-06<\/p> <\/p> Financial year<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Amount of Grant (£000s)<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2005-06*<\/p><\/td> 224<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2006-07*<\/p><\/td> 234<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2007-08*<\/p><\/td> 287<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2008-09<\/p><\/td> 266<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2009-10<\/p><\/td> 870<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2010-11<\/p><\/td> 895<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2011-12<\/p><\/td> 895<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2012-13<\/p><\/td> 912<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2013-14*<\/p><\/td> 797<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2014-15<\/p><\/td> 981<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> * where indicated, the table shows available data on Grant funding drawn down rather than Grant available.<\/strong><\/p> <\/strong><\/p> <\/strong><\/p> <\/strong><\/p> <\/strong><\/p> <\/strong><\/p> <\/strong><\/p> <\/strong><\/p> <\/strong><\/p> <\/strong><\/p> Table 2<\/strong><\/p> Number of prisoners studying towards an Open University degree whilst in prison from 2004/05<\/p> <\/p> Academic year<\/strong><\/p><\/td> OU students (new and continuing)<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2004/05<\/p><\/td> 1,128<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2005/06<\/p><\/td> 1,392<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2006/07<\/p><\/td> 1,482<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2007/08<\/p><\/td> 1,562<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2008/09<\/p><\/td> 1,739<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2009/10<\/p><\/td> 1,882<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2010/11<\/p><\/td> 1,809<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2011/12<\/p><\/td> 1,875<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2012/13<\/p><\/td> 1,385<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2013/14<\/p><\/td> 1,117<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> England only<\/strong><\/p> Information supplied by the Open University<\/strong><\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much was paid in grants to the Open University to provide education to prisoners in each of the last 10 years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/155402", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Business, Innovation and Skills"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/155402/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " Most prisoners who study Higher Education (HE) in custody do so through the Open University (OU). Prior to September 2012, the costs of prisoners\u2019 tuition were met from public funds in an arrangement that broadly mirrored the Grant arrangements for other part-time HE students. From September 2012, prisoners have been required to take out, and then repay, Tuition Fee loans in the same way as other learners.<\/p> <\/p> The OU\u2019s additional costs for delivering in custody are met through a Grant from the Department. Table 1 below shows a breakdown of grant payments in each of the last 10 years.<\/p> <\/p> The costs of providing prison university education are found from a variety of sources and gathering the data could only be undertaken at disproportionate cost.<\/p> <\/p> Table 2 gives a breakdown of the number of prisoners studying towards an Open University degree whilst in prison in each of the last 10 years. There may be a very small number of prisoners, each year, who will have commenced HE with Universities other than the OU whilst on Release on Temporary Licence. We have no central data on these learners and therefore they are not included in the figures.<\/p> <\/strong><\/p> <\/strong><\/p> Table 1<\/strong><\/p> BIS Grant payments to the Open University for additional costs for delivering OU learning in custody from 2005-06<\/p> <\/p> Financial year<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Amount of Grant (£000s)<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2005-06*<\/p><\/td> 224<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2006-07*<\/p><\/td> 234<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2007-08*<\/p><\/td> 287<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2008-09<\/p><\/td> 266<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2009-10<\/p><\/td> 870<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2010-11<\/p><\/td> 895<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2011-12<\/p><\/td> 895<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2012-13<\/p><\/td> 912<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2013-14*<\/p><\/td> 797<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2014-15<\/p><\/td> 981<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> * where indicated, the table shows available data on Grant funding drawn down rather than Grant available.<\/strong><\/p> <\/strong><\/p> <\/strong><\/p> <\/strong><\/p> <\/strong><\/p> <\/strong><\/p> <\/strong><\/p> <\/strong><\/p> <\/strong><\/p> <\/strong><\/p> Table 2<\/strong><\/p> Number of prisoners studying towards an Open University degree whilst in prison from 2004/05<\/p> <\/p> Academic year<\/strong><\/p><\/td> OU students (new and continuing)<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2004/05<\/p><\/td> 1,128<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2005/06<\/p><\/td> 1,392<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2006/07<\/p><\/td> 1,482<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2007/08<\/p><\/td> 1,562<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2008/09<\/p><\/td> 1,739<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2009/10<\/p><\/td> 1,882<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2010/11<\/p><\/td> 1,809<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2011/12<\/p><\/td> 1,875<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2012/13<\/p><\/td> 1,385<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2013/14<\/p><\/td> 1,117<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> England only<\/strong><\/p> Information supplied by the Open University<\/strong><\/p> <\/p>"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/155403", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Business, Innovation and Skills"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/155403/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " Most prisoners who study Higher Education (HE) in custody do so through the Open University (OU). Prior to September 2012, the costs of prisoners\u2019 tuition were met from public funds in an arrangement that broadly mirrored the Grant arrangements for other part-time HE students. From September 2012, prisoners have been required to take out, and then repay, Tuition Fee loans in the same way as other learners.<\/p> <\/p> The OU\u2019s additional costs for delivering in custody are met through a Grant from the Department. Table 1 below shows a breakdown of grant payments in each of the last 10 years.<\/p> <\/p> The costs of providing prison university education are found from a variety of sources and gathering the data could only be undertaken at disproportionate cost.<\/p> <\/p> Table 2 gives a breakdown of the number of prisoners studying towards an Open University degree whilst in prison in each of the last 10 years. There may be a very small number of prisoners, each year, who will have commenced HE with Universities other than the OU whilst on Release on Temporary Licence. We have no central data on these learners and therefore they are not included in the figures.<\/p> <\/strong><\/p> <\/strong><\/p> Table 1<\/strong><\/p> BIS Grant payments to the Open University for additional costs for delivering OU learning in custody from 2005-06<\/p> <\/p>