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Cetaceans

Mr. Dalyell: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to his letter to the hon. Member for Linlithgow of 15 October, what progress has been made in addressing the problem of cetacean bycatch in the context of the Community's strategy for integrating environmental concerns into the Common Fisheries Policy. [138533]

Mr. Morley: The Community's strategy for integrating environmental concerns into the Common Fisheries Policy will be developed under the Swedish Presidency with a view to its adoption by the European Council in June.

A joint MAFF/DETR strategy on the conservation of the harbour porpoise was launched at the meeting of parties to the Agreement on the Conservation of Small Cetaceans of the Baltic and North Seas (ASCOBANS) from 26-28 July. It is intended that this should be extended to cover all small cetaceans. Further,

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ASCOBANS agreed on reductions in the bycatch limit from 2 per cent. to 1.7 per cent. of the estimated small cetacean populations.

Flood Defences (Hereford)

Mr. Keetch: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he will receive from the Environment Agency the report into flood defence for the City of Hereford from W. S. Atkins; and if he will make a statement. [140351]

Mr. Morley: I understand that the Environment Agency has commissioned a feasibility report on flood defences in the City of Hereford, and that the consultants are expected to complete the report by January 2001. The Agency will then consider the findings and decide on the promotion of any necessary works. It will be for the Agency to decide on the timing of any submission to the Ministry for grant aid.

EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT

Entrepreneurship (Schools)

Mr. Sayeed: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if his Department will introduce a course on entrepreneurship for secondary schools as a part of the national curriculum. [136541]

Jacqui Smith: The National Curriculum provides a number of opportunities for developing enterprise and entrepreneurial skills amongst pupils. These occur in mathematics, personal, social and health education and citizenship, as well as through involvement in other school activities such as work with business and the community. Initiatives such as the Young Enterprise Scheme also encourage entrepreneurship in secondary schools.

Citizenship education, which will be part of the national curriculum in secondary schools from September 2002, includes teaching pupils about how the economy functions, including the role of business, financial services and how taxation and public spending work together. This knowledge and understanding will provide a sound basis for the development of entrepreneurial skills.

University Revenues

Mr. Boswell: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list for each university and higher education institution in England the amounts for each of the last three years raised by (a) individual private tuition fees for undergraduates, (b) local authority fees and (c) HEFCE block grant for teaching. [137852]

Mr. Wicks [holding answer 13 November 2000]: The latest available data are shown in the following table. Information on the source of HE course fee income was collected for the first time in 1998-99 and covers undergraduate and postgraduate courses. Local authority fee payments and individual student tuition fee contributions are included in the "Local Education

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Authority/Student Awards Agency for Scotland/ Department for Education Northern Ireland" and "Other" categories respectively but cannot be separately identified. As well as individual student tuition fee contributions, the "Other" category will include fee income from Research Councils, other government departments, overseas organisations, and UK industry and commerce. Figures for 1999-2000 will be available in March 2001.

Earlier this year, the Spending Review included an extra £100 million for higher education in 2001-02 on top of the extra funding (£295 million) for 2001-02 allocated

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in the 1999 Grant Letter. This was increased to £132 million in September with some of the additional money for Excellence Challenge going to higher education.

As a result, the Secretary of State announced earlier this month plans to increase publicly planned funding for higher education in England by nearly 10 per cent. in real terms over the next three years. Funding will increase by £412 million in 2001-02 and there are planned increases of £268 million in 2002-03 and £298 million in 2003-04. It will support modernisation and expansion of the higher education sector, and pay and equality measures negotiated by the universities themselves.

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£000

	1996-97(4)		1997-98(4)		1998-99(4)
Income of higher education institutions in England	HEFCE block grant for teaching	Fees from FT HE courses charged at home rates(5)	HEFCE block grant for teaching	Fees from FT HE courses charged at home rates(5)	HEFCE block grant for teaching	FT HE course fees(6) received from home and EU students received from: LEAs/ SAAS/ DENI(7)NHS/ RONE/ SHHD(8)Other sources			Total
The Open University	110,007	115	115,153	105	122,155	105	0	0	105
Cranfield University	10,505	4,775	10,714	4,906	10,652	215	0	5,410	5.625
Royal College of Art	5,578	1,963	5,702	1,977	6,324	87	0	2,038	2,125
The College of Guidance Studies	335	0	395	0	401	0	0	39	39
Institute of Advanced Nursing Education	1,712	72	1,763	91	1,749	25	25	0	50
Bishop Grosseteste College	2,542	907	2,380	887	2,527	709	0	79	788
Bretton Hall College of HE	4,630	3,316	4,838	3,210	6,192	1,937	0	418	2,355
Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College	12,016	5,238	12,918	5,134	14,211	3,393	3,354	1,127	7,874
Central School of Speech and Drama	1,647	837	1,773	1,008	2,430	407	0	515	922
Chester College of HE	6,635	3,288	6,712	3,111	8,038	1,819	4,050	872	6,741
Canterbury Christ Church University College	9,518	9,681	9,854	9,546	11,414	2,975	5,413	729	9,117
The College of Ripon and York St. John	6,629	3,324	6,837	3,198	7,825	2,291	1,625	454	4,370
College of St. Mark and St. John	5,415	2,974	5,755	3,053	6,201	1,969	23	292	2,284
Dartington College of Arts	1,323	707	1,549	707	1,743	363	0	85	448
Edge Hill College of Higher Education	8,558	4,716	8,894	5,035	11,116	3,398	2,317	364	6,079
Falmouth College of Arts	1,855	1,444	2,169	1,630	2,967	863	0	367	1,230
Harper Adams University College	4,269	2,253	4,724	2,243	6,029	1,098	0	201	1,299
Homerton College	3,285	1,482	3,424	1,507	3,954	1,135	0	0	1,135
Kent Institute of Art & Design	3,792	2,206	4,024	2,187	5,152	1,290	0	371	1,661
King Alfred's College, Winchester	5,831	3,278	6,339	3,310	7,274	2,271	0	493	2,764
La Sainte Union College of HE(9)	5,107	2,034	(9)--	(9)--	(9)--	(9)--	(9)--	(9)--	0
Liverpool Hope	8,380	4,636	8,704	4,914	10,214	3,792	0	0	3,792
The London Institute	16,144	9,727	17,497	9,658	23,610	5,013	0	1,949	6,962
Loughborough College of Art and Design(9)	1,937	1,113	2,071	1,161	(9)--	(9)--	(9)--	(9)--	0
University of Luton	16,440	8,109	16,867	8,381	20,559	2,117	3,066	5,693	10,876
University College Northampton	15,397	7,526	16,115	7,550	18,307	5,604	2,246	1,081	8,931
Newman College	2,436	1,360	2,521	1,382	3,277	914	0	141	1,055
North Riding College Higher Education Corporation	2,834	1,740	2,836	1,687	3,420	0	0	1,300	1,300
Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication	1,874	1,035	1,993	1,115	2,415	435	0	381	816
University of Surrey, Roehampton	14,178	5,798	14,898	5,998	16,491	3,335	0	1,914	5,249
Rose Bruford College	1,266	686	1,323	890	2,120	368	0	105	473
Royal Academy of Music	2,839	820	2,834	1,133	3,120	280	0	808	1,088
Royal College of Music	2,509	907	2,661	1,009	2,957	0	0	741	741
Royal Northern College of Music	2,999	1,030	3,139	1,014	3,543	362	0	416	778
Southampton Institute	19,864	11,917	21,387	11,954	25,138	6,978	0	2,129	9,107
St. Martin's College	9,820	3,966	9,860	4,502	12,024	3,310	7,428	398	11,136
St. Mary's College	5,482	2,803	5,451	2,768	6,739	2,242	0	68	2,310
Trinity and All Saints College	4,869	2,300	4,740	2,402	5,532	1,764	0	453	2,217
Trinity College of Music	1,761	753	1,825	832	2,162	256	0	395	651
Westminster College	3,257	1,032	3,097	917	2,981	725	0	13	738
The Surrey Institute of Art and Design, University College	4,546	3,182	4,934	4,290	6,611	1,702	0	387	2,089
University College Worcester	6,267	3,016	6,675	3,379	7,584	2,493	4,448	366	7,307
Anglia Polytechnic University	24,028.9	7,489.8	25,908	7,160	29,070	5,707	9,924	1,586	17,217
Bath Spa University College	5,826	2,525	6,365	2,633	7,501	2,441	0	97	2,538
Bolton Institute of Higher Education	11,905	4,667	12,942	4,802	14,934	3,782	209	0	3,991
Bournemouth University	14,877	9,230	15,848	9,419	19,156	5,160	4,575	2,441	12,176
The University of Brighton	24,868	9,673	26,269	10,296	29,517	6,793	8,426	1,566	16,785
The University of Central England in Birmingham	28,917	10,954	30,606	11,158	34,200	7,109	136	2,350	9,595
The University of Central Lancashire	30,316	11,972	32,487	11,820	36,737	7,383	7,168	2,067	16,618
Cheltenham and Gloucester College of HE	13,448	6,315	14,343	6,145	14,560	5,221	0	494	5,715
London Guildhall University	18,344	7,958	19,351	8,333	23,177	4,821	0	3,161	7,982
Coventry University	27,957	11,807	29,958	12,515	34,470	8,237	7,068	2,162	17,467
University of Derby	17,561	9,265	18,944	9,887	21,416	6,692	1,854	1,980	10,526
The University of East London	23,106	8,217	23,452	7,888	28,247	5,643	1,635	2,076	9,354
The University of Greenwich	30,406	11,561	31,478	12,060	34,215	7,411	7,443	2,012	16,866
University of Hertfordshire	27,975	13,496	30,130	13,076	35,137	8,564	6,993	2,516	18,073
The University of Huddersfield	23,243	10,293	25,111	10,814	28,527	6,782	1	2,221	9,004
The University of Lincolnshire and Humberside	22,534	10,221	24,160	9,666	27,604	5,751	0	2,070	7,821
Kingston University	26,465	11,744	28,110	11,346	33,700	7,901	5,612	2,412	15,925
Leeds Metropolitan University	32,857	13,868	33,912	14,633	36,707	9,938	350	2,531	12,819
Liverpool John Moores University	33,884	14,311	36,008	14,381	45,505	9,846	3,812	1,983	15,641
The Manchester Metropolitan University	47,904	23,064	50,708	23,563	65,970	15,064	331	5,732	21,127
Middlesex University	31,061	16,120	30,244	16,291	36,864	11,043	9,606	7,241	27,890
De Montfort University	39,391	19,450	41,720	19,437	48,415	11,666	5,124	2,848	19,638
The University of Northumbria at Newcastle	33,682	13,983	35,021	13,979	36,216	9,581	8,935	2,314	20,830
The University of North London	23,331	9,924	24,270	9,804	28,971	6,443	0	3,346	9,789
The Nottingham Trent University	39,837	19,885	42,671	19,435	49,282	4,545	0	15,353	19,898
Oxford Brookes University	18,928	7,686	19,981	8,896	22,468	5,670	0	3,217	8,887
The University of Plymouth	34,200	21,281	37,412	20,422	44,434	10,656	3,061	2,080	15,797
The University of Portsmouth	27,756	13,535	29,642	14,229	33,981	3,494	3,992	7,743	15,229
Sheffield Hallam University	42,517	16,593	43,630	17,444	50,707	11,828	2,585	4,087	18,500
South Bank University	32,674	12,890	34,564	9,985	37,305	6,236	7,124	2,538	15,898
Staffordshire University	26,757	17,947	28,423	18,402	32,460	7,309	2,855	3,879	14,043
The University of Sunderland	25,519	12,219	27,879	11,819	31,904	7,851	0	921	8,772
The University of Teesside	19,559	7,832	20,931	7,880	23,406	5,077	6,041	1,589	12,707
Thames Valley University	19,260	6,048	20,347	5,848	21,869	3,699	14,576	1,955	20,230
University of the West of England, Bristol	36,822	16,085	38,592	16,289	43,600	12,220	0	2,305	14,525
University College Chichester	6,791	2,879	8,163	3,530	9,090	2,397	0	436	2,833
The University of Westminster	30,201	8,817	33,353	9,598	37,534	6,534	0	3,462	9,996
Wimbledon School of Art	1,427	670	1,396	670	1,653	324	0	78	402
The University of Wolverhampton	33,103	13,157	34,689	13,082	39,329	8,315	6,831	2,262	17,408
Aston University	11,458	4,886	11,890	5,468	12,624	3,402	0	1,845	5,247
The University of Bath	13,222	7,099	13,377	7,417	16,561	3,742	0	2,885	6,627
The University of Birmingham	38,262	20,570	40,981	20,536	43,971	1,848	1,589	17,900	21,337
The University of Bradford	16,459	8,234	17,246	8,430	19,672	4,465	6	2,462	6,933
The University of Bristol	31,425	16,596	34,024	17,211	38,329	9,156	0	4,566	13,722
Brunel University	21,434	11,948	22,917	12,291	28,519	7,517	2,816	3,014	13,347
The University of Cambridge	39,830	18,983	41,965	18,888	42,254	8,609	23	8,188	16,820
City University	9,459	3,293	10,583	3,178	13,274	2,269	10,790	5,737	18,796
University of Durham	22,375	11,327	23,850	11,937	27,790	6,256	0	4,469	10,725
The University of East Anglia	14,193	7,240	15,032	7,252	15,885	4,249	5,340	2,980	12,569
The University of Essex	10,179	5,185	10,576	5,288	10,881	2,774	29	2,852	5,655
The University of Exeter	20,404	8,952	20,557	10,559	23,250	5,614	0	3,692	9,306
The University of Hull	18,010	7,679	19,156	7,715	19,690	7,355	4,457	0	11,812
The University of Keele	11,453	8,662	11,608	8,838	12,003	3,380	3,478	2,065	8,923
The University of Kent at Canterbury	14,363	7,189	15,233	7,051	15,593	4,328	40	2,478	6,846
The University of Lancaster	16,283	8,317	15,968	8,351	17,432	5,132	8	2,391	7,531
The University of Leeds	45,041	21,902	47,494	23,471	52,926	11,823	8,065	6,803	26,691
The University of Leicester	20,124	9,658	21,218	9,938	22,901	5,550	0	3,216	8,766
The University of Liverpool	36,894	19,102	39,216	18,975	42,731	9,939	3,178	3,180	16,297
Birkbeck College	11,881	721	12,529	776	13,966	19	5	857	881
Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School(9)	6,285	1,796	(9)--	(9)--	(9)--	(9)--	(9)--	(9)--	0
Goldsmiths College	11,114	5,153	11,002	5,431	12,283	3,126	0	1,649	4,775
Imperial College of Science, Technology & Medicine	21,674	10,507	31,854	13,515	38,165	4,755	0	6,046	10,801
Institute of Education	4,187	2,096	4,575	2,209	5,621	849	0	747	1,596
King's College London	27,170	11,295	30,670	12,199	47,963	2,999	10,939	8,993	22,931
London Business School	573	0	654	0	696	0	0	4,006	4,006
London School of Economics and Political Science	6,045	4,750	6,235	5,123	6,686	1,364	0	7,326	8,690
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine	2,220	853	2,437	850	2,684	0	69	782	851
Queen Mary and Westfield College	24,037	9,664	24,719	9,841	27,333	4,450	579	4,154	9,183
Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine(9)	3,739	1,430	3,913	1,383	(9)--	(9)--	(9)--	(9)--	0
Royal Holloway and Bedford New College	11,061	5,733	11,480	6,277	13,408	3,239	243	2,425	5,907
Royal Postgraduate Medical School(9)	1,671	394	(9)--	(9)--	(9)--	(9)--	(9)--	(9)--	0
The Royal Veterinary College	3,958	1,130	4,037	1,164	5,563	351	0	291	642
St. George's Hospital Medical School	5,560	2,201	6,097	2,407	7,745	721	210	580	1,511
The School of Oriental and African Studies	3,278	1,973	3,319	2,103	3,383	0	0	2,511	2,511
The School of Pharmacy	1,457	679	1,720	703	2,031	271	0	232	503
United Medical and Dental Schools of Guy's and St. Thomas's(9)	11,941	3,490	12,567	3,642	(9)--	(9)--	(9)--	(9)--	0
University College London	31,830	17,393	32,094	17,466	44,287	7,029	3	8,501	15,533
Wye College	1,869	960	2,139	1,011	2,304	387	0	403	790
University of London (Institutes and activities)	2,088	1,900	2,254	1,994	2,886	361	721	1,084	2,166
Loughborough University	21,711	10,906	23,008	11,078	28,051	6,385	0	3,823	10,208
University of Manchester	44,855	21,605	47,665	23,463	52,486	10,931	8,018	7,492	26,441
The University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne	33,813	14,905	35,419	15,358	38,378	8,328	38	4,925	13,291
The University of Nottingham	30,697	14,585	32,820	15,164	35,883	7,915	13,646	6,127	27,688
The University of Oxford	37,005	16,803	38,419	16,716	39,118	8,692	0	7,353	16,045
The University of Reading	20,875	11,218	22,043	11,125	20,603	5,360	105	4,578	10,043
The University of Salford	27,494	14,507	29,812	14,024	34,009	7,624	9,684	3,207	20,515
The University of Sheffield	36,072	19,783	37,761	20,819	41,459	9,064	11,685	6,601	27,350
The University of Southampton	33,080	14,624	34,394	16,531	36,886	8,177	5,372	6,387	19,936
The University of Surrey	13,821	8,149	14,935	8,805	16,425	2,762	6,152	4,268	13,182
The University of Sussex	17,656	8,748	18,680	8,920	19,668	4,693	0	3,506	8,199
The University of Warwick	22,593	10,062	24,158	10,332	24,644	7,589	0	2,967	10,556
The University of York	13,254	7,233	13,902	7,426	14,333	3,756	4,215	3,104	11,075
The University of Manchester Institute of Science & Technology	13,822	7,127	14,670	7,192	15,821	3,200	0	2,788	5,988
Westhill College	2,639	1,182	2,322	1,015	2,483	729	0	121	850
Writtle College	2,173	1,363	2,691	1,493	3,486	813	0	211	1,024
Norwich School of Art and Design	1,234	993	1,387	1,013	1,844	541	0	99	640
Northern School of Contemporary Dance	502	252	471	244	607	155	0	0	155
Cumbria College of Art and Design, Carlisle	1,307	333	1,139	1,080	1,674	475	0	241	716
Total	2,344,634.9	1,048,988.8	2,469,245	1,071,102	2,788,144	577,692	281,765	340,811	1,200,268

⁽⁴⁾ Academic years.

⁽⁵⁾ Covers UK domiciled and non-UK domiciled students on undergraduate and postgraduate courses charged home fees.

⁽⁶⁾ Covers home and EU domiciled students on undergraduate and postgraduate courses and may not be directly comparable with the fee information for previous years.

⁽⁷⁾ Local Education Authorities, Student Awards Agency for Scotland, Department of Education Northern Ireland.

⁽⁸⁾ National Health Service, Regional Offices of the NHS Executive, Scottish Home and Health Department.

⁽⁹⁾ Indicates institutions which merged during this period and subsequently provided a consolidated Finance return.

Source:

Higher Education Statistics Agency

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