Higher Education

House of Lords written question – answered at on 30 November 2011.

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Photo of Baroness Brinton Baroness Brinton Liberal Democrat

To ask Her Majesty's Government, using the latest available figures, what proportion of adults aged 24 and over studying full-time who completed (a) a level three course, and (b) a level four course, took longer than (1) three years, (2) four years, and (3) five years.

To ask Her Majesty's Government, using the latest available figures, what proportion of adults aged 24 and over studying part-time who completed (a) a level three course, and (b) a level four course, took longer than (1) three years, (2) four years, and (3) five years.

Photo of Baroness Wilcox Baroness Wilcox The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills

In 2009-10, the latest year for which final data are available, less than 1 per cent of adults aged 24 and over who completed a level 3 or level 4 course (full-time or part-time) in government funded further education (learner responsive) took longer than three years to complete it and the proportion taking longer than four or five years is even smaller.

Information on further education and skills participation, enrolments and achievements is published in a quarterly Statistical First Release (SFR). The latest SFR was published on 27 October 2011: http://www.thedataservice.org.uk/statistics/statisticalfirstrelease/sfr_current.

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