192,770 learners were enrolled at FE institutions during 2008/09, 6.7 per cent fewer than in 2007/08. 43,485 learners pursued a Local Authority Community Learning activity in 2008/09 (including those enrolled at FEIs but taught by local authority staff), 1.5 per cent fewer than in the previous year. 56,550 learners undertook work-based learning programmes at FEIs and other training providers in 2008/09, 1.7 per cent fewer than in 2007/08.
