Stephen Hepburn
Labour, Jarrow
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many people took advantage of individual learning accounts in (a) the UK, (b) the north-east, (c) south Tyneside and (d) the Jarrow constituency.
John Healey
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education and Skills)
Prior to the closure of the programme, some 2.6 million individuals opened individual learning accounts in England. Of these 1.4 million had booked learning. The table sets out the number of individuals in the north-east and Jarrow who took advantage of the help available through the individual learning accounts programme. It has not been possible to provide this for south Tyneside.
| Area | Number of active accounts |
|---|---|
| North-east(14) | 56,501 |
| Jarrow(15) | 1,502 |
(14) North-east figure based on Government office north-east area.
(15) Jarrow figure based on post codes NE31, 32, 35 and 36.
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