Baroness Wolf of Dulwich – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Wolf of Dulwich on 2016-09-05.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many students, broken down by region of domicile, were enrolled for higher education qualifications at further education colleges in England in the academic year 2014–15.

Lord Nash

Information prepared by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) on participation in Higher Education at Further Education Colleges (FECs) in England in the academic year 2014/15 has been provided in the table.

Full-person equivalent students registered for a HE qualification by region of domicile

Further Education Colleges in England

Academic Year 2014/15

Region of Domicile	Academic Year 2014/15
North East	6,040
North West	14,690
Yorkshire and the Humber	12,595
East Midlands	5,945
West Midlands	5,150
East of England	3,755
Greater London	6,695
South East	7,640
South West	4,555
Wales	570
Scotland	315
Northern Ireland	195
England (unknown)	3,715
United Kingdom (unknown)	25
EU	565
Rest of the world	2,160
Total (all domiciles)	74,610

Source: Information is derived from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) student return and the Skills Funding Agency individualised learner record (ILR) F05 return

Prepared by: Analytical Services Directorate, HEFCE, 7 September 2016

Coverage:

– Students registered at FECs are only included if they are studying a prescribed course of HE.

– Includes students across all years of study, at all levels and modes of higher education and distance learners.

– Numbers are based on where the student was domiciled rather than where they student studied.

– Full-person equivalents (FPEs) have been rounded to the nearest 5.