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Condover Hall School

Mr. Paul Marsden: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will make a statement on Condover Hall school. [149773]

Mr. Miliband: Further to my previous answers about Condover Hall and to answers given previously by the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, the situation at the school is unchanged. Condover Hall is proposed for closure as from July this year. We understand RNIB is in discussion with Local Education Authorities placing children at the school about suitable alternative provision.

Correspondence

Mr. Wilshire: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills when he will reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Spelthorne, dated 9 December 2003, regarding the funding of nursery education at Knowle Park Infant School, Staines; and if he will make a statement. [154196]

Mr. Stephen Twigg: My noble Friend the Baroness Ashton replied to the hon. Member's letter of 9 December on 6 January.

Mr. Wilshire: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills when he will provide a substantive reply to the hon. Member for Spelthorne to his letter of 27 November 2003, departmental reference 2003/0068433PO. [154344]

Mr. Stephen Twigg: My hon. Friend the Under-Secretary replied to the hon. Member's letter of 25 November on 12 January.

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Criminal Justice Skills Council

Michael Fabricant: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills whether the plans for a criminal justice skills council include computer forensic and security skills; and if he will make a statement. [152990]

Mr. Ivan Lewis: Proposals for a Justice Sector Skills Council (SSC) are due to be considered by the Sector Skills Development Agency's Licence Assessment Panel on 11 February. The proposed SSC covers:

Community Justice

Custodial Care

Police Forces—including Investigative Skills

Customs and Excise

Asset Recovery Agency

Court Service (E and W)

Crown Prosecution Service (E and W)

Crown Office and Procurator fiscal (Scotland)

Scottish Court Service

NI Court Service

Dept of Public Prosecutions

Judges and Magistrates

Computer Forensics—the use of software in the detection of crime, forms part of investigative skills covered by the Police Force area of the Justice SSC footprint. This is different from molecular or biological forensic analysis carried out in the laboratory which is covered by SEMTA, the SSC for Science, Engineering and Manufacturing Technologies.

Employers in the security sector are still considering how best they might connect to the Skills for Business network.

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Education Review (Gloucestershire)

Mr. Laurence Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what representations he has received from (a) parents and (b) other involved parties about the secondary schools and sixth form review in Gloucestershire; and if he will make a statement. [153401]

Mr. Miliband [holding answer 6 February 2004]: The Department has received approximately 100 letters from parents and other interested parties about the review of school provision in Gloucestershire. The review, and any decision on how to proceed, are matters for local decision. The Secretary of State has no role in the process.

Mr. Laurence Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what discussions he has had with representatives of grammar schools in Gloucestershire following the county's education review; and if he will make a statement. [153402]

Mr. Miliband [holding answer 6 February 2004]: The Secretary of State has not met any representatives of grammar schools from Gloucestershire. The local authority's review and any reorganisation proposals which may follow will fall to be decided by the local School Organisation Committee, or the Adjudicator if the Committee cannot reach a unanimous decision. The Secretary of State has no role in that decision making process.

Faith Schools

Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what regulations govern the teaching of religious education in faith schools, with particular reference to the teaching of faiths other than that of the religious group sponsoring the school. [153252]

Mr. Miliband: The regulations governing religious education in faith schools are set out in Schedule 19, paragraphs 3–6 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1988.

In summary, this sets out that for voluntary controlled schools, the religious education offered is to be in accordance with the LEA's locally agreed syllabus. However, if parents so request, arrangements should be made for religious education to be provided for their children in accordance with any trust deed or the practice followed before the school became controlled.

For voluntary aided and special agreement schools, the religious education offered is to be determined by the governors in accordance with the trust deed or (where such provision is not made by a trust deed) in accordance with the tenets of the religion or religious denomination, or in line with practice before the school became a voluntary school. But provision in accordance with the LEA's locally agreed syllabus may be made where parents request it and their children cannot conveniently attend a school where that syllabus is in use, unless the LEA is satisfied that it would be unreasonable to make such provision.

Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many (a) primary and (b) secondary faith schools there are, broken down by denomination. [153271]

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Mr. Miliband: The number of primary and secondary faith schools by denomination is as follows:

	Primary	Secondary
Church of England	4,513	207
Roman Catholic	1,718	356
Christian (25)	16	17
Jewish	27	6
Methodist	27	1
Muslim	4	0
Sikh	1	1
Seventh Day Adventist	0	1
Quaker	1	0
Greek Orthodox	1	0

⁽²⁵⁾ Non-denominational.

Further/Higher Education

Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much money in his Department's allocation for support for further and higher education is held in ring-fenced budgets for specific initiatives. [152658]

Alan Johnson: The Department allocates funds for education and training in the post-16 learning and skills sector to the Learning and Skills Council (LSC). Assumed funding for further education in 2003–04, excluding learner support funds, is £4.7 billion. This includes funding of £187 million for special initiatives to improve quality and delivery and £216 million earmarked for capital investment.

The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) allocates funds to higher education institutions. For the 2003–04 academic year, HEFCE are allocating total funds of around £5.5 billion, of which £451 million relates to 'special funding' which supports initiatives that are not funded through their recurrent funding methodology, such as the Arts and Humanities Research Board and the Higher Education Innovation Fund; and £364 million is for earmarked capital funding.

In November 2002 we announced the consolidation of a number of further and higher education funding streams into core funding. In further education we consolidated the funding of pay and staff qualification initiatives into core funding and in higher education we mainstreamed four ring fenced funds 'Golden Hellos', the Promising Researcher Fellowship Scheme, Additional Capital for leading research institutions and Knowledge Exchanges into larger funding allocations. We continue to monitor the number of special funding allocations to ensure that they are appropriately targeted and that demands on institutions are proportionate to the sums involved.

Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what proportion of his Department's budget for further and higher education is allocated to grants for higher and further education institutions. [152659]

Alan Johnson: Around 92 per cent. of assumed total spending by the Department on further education in England in 2003–04 goes to institutions, the remainder being spent on student support quality assurance and development in FE. Around 77 per cent. of the total

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spending by the Department on higher education in England in 2003–04 goes to institutions, the remainder being spent on student support and other small programmes.

Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will list the organisations operating in the field of (a) further and (b) higher education, apart from individual higher education institutions, which receive funding from his Department. [152693]

Alan Johnson: In further education, the bodies apart from individual FE institutions receiving funding from the Department are:

Learning and Skills Council

Ofsted

Adult Learning Inspectorate

Learning and Skills Development Agency

National Institute for Adult and Continuing Education (NIACE)

Skill: National Bureau for Students with Disabilities

Capita

Sector Skills Development Agency

Institute for Employment Studies

Confederation of British Industry

Centre for Enterprise

Association of Colleges

Cambridge Training and Development

London Language and Literacy Unit (LLLU)

Manchester LEA

Association of Learning Providers

Basic Skills Agency

Institute of Education, University of London

Thurrock Primary Care NHS Trust

Centre for British Teachers (CfBT)

TUC Learning Services

TOPSS England.

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Mark Haysom, the Learning and Skills Council's Chief Executive, will write to the hon. Gentleman with a list of all organisations, other than FE institutions, operating in the field of further education that receive funding from the council. A copy of his reply will be placed in the House Library.

In higher education, the bodies receiving funding from the Department or the Higher Education Funding Council for England are:

Higher Education Funding Council for England

Teacher Training Agency

Foundation Degree Forward

Sector Skills Development Agency

The Office of the Independent Adjudicator

Quality Assurance Agency

Arts and Humanities Research Board

Student Loans Company

SKILL (National Bureau for Students with Disabilities)

Sector Skills Development Agency

The British Council

UKCOSA (The Council for International Education)

The UK Socrates-Erasmus Council

The UK NARIC (National Academic Recognition and Information Centre)

The Better Regulation Review Group

E-Universities Worldwide

Joint Information Systems Committee

UK Education and Research Networking Association

HE Academy

Leadership Foundation

Educational Grants Advisory Service

Universities and Colleges Admissions Service.

Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the total income of each higher education institution was in England and Wales in each of the past three financial years; and how much of the total income came from student tuition fees in each case. [141137]

Alan Johnson: The available information is taken from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) Finance Records and is given in the table.

Tuition fees and total income for HE institutions in England and Wales. 1999/00 to 2001/02

		1999/2000
			Of which:
HE Institution	Total income	HE course fees(26)	Credit bearing course	FE course fees
Total England	10,464,649	2,190,748	196,709	35,981
Anglia Polytechnic University	77,625	23,765	2,524	103
Aston University	45,953	7,782	2,012	0
Bath Spa University College	18,000	3,631	0	0
The University of Bath	82,198	15,356	1,426	0
Birkbeck College	42,389	8,047	595	0
The University of Birmingham	244,937	41,479	3,828	0
Bishop Grosseteste College	4,604	873	63	0
Bolton Institute of Higher Education	28,504	6,726	152	88
The Arts Institute at Bournemouth(27)	(28)—	(28)—	(28)—	(28)—
Bournemouth University	47,653	17,753	1,517	0
The University of Bradford	64,593	11,777	2,448	5,207
Bretton Hall	10,556	2,276	0	27
The University of Brighton	72,250	24,014	852	0
The University of Bristol	176,922	24,151	1,268	0
Brunel University	79,289	18,074	334	169
Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College	39,678	10,665	127	39
The University of Cambridge	372,072	37,586	5,062	0
The Institute of Cancer Research(29)	(28)—	(28)—	(28)—	(28)—
Canterbury Christ Church University College	39,850	15,464	477	0
The University of Central England in Birmingham	86,595	27,387	672	143
The University of Central Lancashire	87,722	23,670	764	426
Central School of Speech and Drama	5,462	1,161	98	20
University of Gloucestershire	36,732	7,097	909	40
Chester College of HE	21,826	9,702	122	0
University College Chichester	15,655	3,582	321	0
City University	75,832	33,656	4,220	0
The College of Guidance Studies(30)	1,261	152	0	49
Conservatoire for Dance and Drama(27)	(28)—	(28)—	(28)—	(28)—
Coventry University	81,217	24,337	84	0
Cranfield University	106,690	12,967	33,098	0
Cumbria Institute of the Arts	4,957	712	19	0
Darlington College of Arts	2,818	516	0	0
De Montfort University	113,369	29,565	28	0
University of Derby	56,129	15,435	0	717
University of Durham	110,976	18,791	2,678	0
The University of East Anglia	82,758	19,993	1,505	0
The University of East London	60,816	16,642	214	50
Edge Hill College of Higher Education	26,817	8,118	0	0
The University of Essex	54,949	13,314	1,511	0
The University of Exeter	85,603	16,083	2,203	0
Falmouth College of Arts	7,516	2,007	0	111
University of Gloucestershire	(28)—	(28)—	(28)—	(28)—
Goldsmiths College	38,966	11,488	258	82
The University of Greenwich	97,092	23,385	0	0
Harper Adams University College	13,095	1,693	243	0
University of Hertfordshire	96,597	30,697	1,065	201
Homerton College	15,026	1,380	39	0
The University of Huddersfield	69,033	13,627	239	0
The University of Hull(31)	77,880	20,651	138	0
Imperial College of Science, Technology	338,972	33,338	1,665	0
Institute of Advanced Nursing Education	9,690	1,035	0	0
Institute of Education	33,010	4,636	1,832	0
The University of Keele	58,450	12,689	0	0
The University of Kent at Canterbury	68,726	15,134	106	764
Kent Institute of Art & Design	14,480	3,703	14	254
King Alfred's College, Winchester	18,209	3,367	831	0
King's College London	312,034	39,029	978	0
Kingston University	80,302	24,889	970	77
The University of Lancaster	84,013	14,103	0	0
Leeds Metropolitan University	87,397	20,960	1,549	366
The University of Leeds	258,747	45,978	3,759	0
The University of Leicester	122,942	25,223	205	0
The University of Lincoln	48,791	12,189	385	0
Liverpool Hope	27,702	4,103	5,342	0
Liverpool John Moores University	97,568	24,584	116	6
The University of Liverpool	179,127	28,657	670	0
London Business School	49,690	15,407	17,136	0
University of London	131,609	14,991	2,289	1,334
London Guildhall University	51,047	13,510	529	459
The London Institute	78,075	18,308	3,687	4,482
London South Bank University	87,757	29,363	1,816	37
London School of Economics and Politics	94,477	39,102	1,819	0
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine	36,565	5,243	0	0
Loughborough University	106,725	16,925	1,413	134
University of Luton	51,275	18,169	457	-25
University of Manchester	297,776	50,043	9,895	0
The University of Manchester Institute c	92,695	17,736	571	1,612
The Manchester Metropolitan University	128,481	28,433	1,001	29
Middlesex University	105,079	36,320	0	0
The University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne	171,306	20,197	3,485	0
Newman College	6,068	1,090	6	0
The University of North London	59,187	12,017	2,565	0
North Riding College Higher Education	6,647	1,348	0	0
University College Northampton	39,530	10,702	927	88
Northern School of Contemporary Dance	1,195	141	0	13
The University of Northumbria at Newcastle upon Tyne	98,148	34,143	755	200
Norwich School of Art and Design	4,554	765	10	48
The Nottingham Trent University	110,757	25,317	2,233	0
The University of Nottingham	217,037	49,419	3,565	0
The Open University	274,045	101,023	897	0
Oxford Brookes University(31)	76,580	28,409	89	18
The University of Oxford	378,265	31,588	8,874	0
The University of Plymouth	99,889	23,200	841	0
The University of Portsmouth	83,384	23,469	1,179	97
Queen Mary and Westfield College	119,859	15,489	946	0
Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication	5,747	1,398	0	53
The University of Reading	111,430	21,853	1,293	0
The College of Ripon and York St John(33)	20,274	5,362	608	0
University of Surrey, Roehampton	35,796	8,081	622	0
Rose Bruford College	5,832	1,251	0	0
Royal Academy of Music	8,970	2,788	0	413
Royal Agricultural College(27)	(28)—	(28)—	(28)—	(28)—
Royal College of Art	17,533	3,281	198	0
Royal College of Music	9,727	2,106	639	0
Royal Holloway and Bedford New College	56,313	11,728	243	307
Royal Northern College of Music	8,355	1,497	0	0
The Royal Veterinary College	23,335	2,498	83	0
St. George's Hospital Medical School	47,529	2,387	435	0
College of St. Mark and St. John	15,901	3,116	1,009	53
St. Martin's College	32,466	12,377	0	0
St. Mary's College	14,322	3,118	401	0
The University of Salford	110,044	30,526	533	43
The School of Oriental and African Studies	32,275	13,564	1,126	0
The School of Pharmacy	9,168	1,608	85	0
Sheffield Hallam University	107,956	28,964	750	172
The University of Sheffield	211,996	43,582	2,679	0
Southampton Institute	54,399	11,400	4,245	34
The University of Southampton	196,607	35,479	1,924	0
Staffordshire University	65,441	17,126	781	17
The University of Sunderland	67,935	12,238	92	47
The Surrey Institute of Art and Design,	14,799	3,477	10	190
The University of Surrey	109,837	27,319	1,811	0
The University of Sussex	81,085	15,686	329	0
The University of Teesside	55,375	18,712	212	0
Thames Valley University	55,666	22,427	1,692	483
Trinity And All Saints College	10,865	2,544	109	0
Trinity College of Music	4,732	1,294	0	0
University College London	382,422	42,561	8,980	0
The University of Warwick	165,295	22,240	712	15,852
University of the West of England, Bristol	104,287	21,968	1,193	0
Westminster College(32)	6,682	932	0	0
The University of Westminster	94,220	28,703	2,512	0
Wimbledon School of Art	4,861	853	0	156
The University of Wolverhampton	86,844	23,845	0	0
University College Worcester	19,785	7,980	371	0
Writtle College	11,827	1,344	0	696
Wye College	11,519	2,174	224	0
The University of York	96,873	16,650	2,288	0
Total Wales	598,207	118,302	4,373	98
University of Wales, Aberystwyth	58,855	9,291	330	0
University of Wales, Bangor	64,198	13,337	1,067	0
Cardiff University	143,853	28,471	2,439	0
University of Wales Institute, Cardiff	39,461	7,537	0	39
University of Glamorgan	62,044	15,582	9	0
The University of Wales, Lampeter	9,789	1,877	27	0
University of Wales College of Medicine	61,612	12,906	0	0
University of Wales College, Newport	24,196	4,894	267	8
The North-East Wales Institute of High	17,888	4,006	0	0
University of Wales, Registry	6,187	112	0	0
Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama	4,414	898	168	0
Swansea Institute of Higher Education	15,882	3,188	15	10
University of Wales, Swansea	81,515	14,896	51	38
Trinity College, Carmarthen	8,313	1,307	0	3

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			2000/01
			Of which:
	Total income	HE course fees1	Credit bearing course	FE course fees
Total England	11,068,645	2,335,102	209,252	25,975
Anglia Polytechnic University	81,414	24,098	1,992	132
Aston University	49,632	8,768	2,022	0
Bath Spa University College	20,331	4,314	0	0
The University of Bath	88,845	17,194	1,767	82
Birkbeck College	40,174	8,854	520	0
The University of Birmingham	255,440	43,089	2,873	0
Bishop Grosseteste College	4,926	909	98	0
Bolton Institute of Higher Education	27,796	6,065	51	109
The Arts Institute at Bournemouth(27)	(28)—	(28)—	(28)—	(28)—
Bournemouth University	51,861	20,217	655	0
The University of Bradford	66,745	12,506	1,971	5,711
Bretton Hall	15,732	2,508	36	0
The University of Brighton	77,784	25,774	1,031	0
The University of Bristol	191,770	25,999	1,567	0
Brunel University	83,650	20,173	233	170
Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College	41,594	11,756	110	22
The University of Cambridge	396,519	38,628	8,980	0
The Institute of Cancer Research(29)	41,954	853	0	0
Canterbury Christ Church University College	45,193	16,201	171	0
The University of Central England in Birmingham	89,258	30,089	804	138
The University of Central Lancashire	92,566	26,465	959	431
Central School of Speech and Drama	5,759	1,152	134	15
University of Gloucestershire	(28)—	(28)—	(28)—	(28)—
Chester College of HE	22,640	10,754	82	0
University College Chichester	17,136	3,685	353	0
City University	82,071	38,134	4,457	0
The College of Guidance Studies(30)	(28)—	(28)—	(28)—	(28)—
Conservatoire for Dance and Drama(27)	(28)—	(28)—	(28)—	(28)—
Coventry University	84,320	27,165	5	0
Cranfield University	117,471	14,964	35,833	0
Cumbria Institute of the Arts	5,489	828	0	32
Darlington College of Arts	3,111	488	0	0
De Montfort University	118,386	31,439	55	0
University of Derby	55,468	15,668	20	784
University of Durham	118,589	20,449	1,758	0
The University of East Anglia	90,154	21,489	1,348	0
The University of East London	65,894	18,640	0	47
Edge Hill College of Higher Education	28,840	9,901	0	0
The University of Essex	63,944	15,327	1,807	0
The University of Exeter	88,877	16,542	1,966	0
Falmouth College of Arts	8,795	2,209	0	23
University of Gloucestershire	37,469	7,872	855	40
Goldsmiths College	43,857	12,514	291	112
The University of Greenwich	98,010	27,520	0	0
Harper Adams University College	13,747	1,746	220	0
University of Hertfordshire	100,845	32,041	922	225
Homerton College	16,193	1,519	0	0
The University of Huddersfield	73,671	14,061	490	0
The University of Hull(31)	91,267	23,651	209	0
Imperial College of Science, Technology	380,761	36,352	3,027	0
Institute of Advanced Nursing Education	8,391	397	0	0
Institute of Education	34,034	4,431	2,612	0
The University of Keele	61,652	13,548	220	0
The University of Kent at Canterbury	70,857	15,838	153	903
Kent Institute of Art & Design	14,494	3,434	67	357
King Alfred's College, Winchester	17,981	3,767	926	0
King's College London	301,544	40,944	2,573	0
Kingston University	83,133	25,886	1,256	54
The University of Lancaster	89,882	15,297	0	0
Leeds Metropolitan University	92,791	23,432	1,469	638
The University of Leeds	273,627	50,060	3,886	0
The University of Leicester	130,865	27,165	197	0
The University of Lincoln	52,935	12,652	43	0
Liverpool Hope	29,409	4,848	333	0
Liverpool John Moores University	99,273	25,365	171	0
The University of Liverpool	192,638	30,074	970	0
London Business School	55,674	18,278	18,683	0
University of London	92,128	1,884	1,411	0
London Guildhall University	52,441	14,407	1,087	900
The London Institute	83,474	19,868	4,156	5,361
London South Bank University	98,496	32,933	2,663	43
London School of Economics and Politics	98,219	39,013	2,099	0
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine	41,042	5,187	0	0
Loughborough University	114,847	18,696	970	103
University of Luton	49,033	18,206	-7	12
University of Manchester	315,604	55,735	12,053	0
The University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology	104,089	18,714	439	1,601
The Manchester Metropolitan University	132,869	29,665	771	22
Middlesex University	113,668	41,390	0	0
The University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne	189,347	22,824	3,738	0
Newman College	6,388	1,224	0	0
The University of North London	64,355	14,569	2,581	0
North Riding College Higher Education	(28)—	(28)—	(28)—	(28)—
University College Northampton	41,057	11,334	1,089	116
Northern School of Contemporary Dance	1,387	143	0	11
The University of Northumbria at Newcastle upon Tyne	99,669	38,641	1,009	153
Norwich School of Art and Design	4,545	795	11	52
The Nottingham Trent University	114,164	26,534	0	2,495
The University of Nottingham	241,493	54,975	3,973	0
The Open University	289,977	100,471	1,362	0
Oxford Brookes University(31)	87,508	29,604	1,016	23
The University of Oxford	407,723	33,934	7,787	0
The University of Plymouth	102,748	25,640	545	52
The University of Portsmouth	85,178	24,185	1,073	104
Queen Mary and Westfield College	124,318	16,798	1,330	0
Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication	6,386	1,673	0	50
The University of Reading	117,985	23,792	618	0
The College of Ripon and York St John(33)	20,951	5,744	771	0
University of Surrey, Roehampton	38,113	8,768	718	0
Rose Bruford College	4,170	1,179	36	0
Royal Academy of Music	10,743	2,946	0	441
Royal Agricultural College(27)	7,672	944	0	0
Royal College of Art	18,258	3,351	228	0
Royal College of Music	10,353	2,169	675	0
Royal Holloway and Bedford New College	59,364	11,753	360	923
Royal Northern College of Music	8,884	1,571	0	0
The Royal Veterinary College	25,846	2,799	89	0
St. George's Hospital Medical School	50,351	2,547	451	0
College of St. Mark and St. John	14,697	3,166	629	49
St. Martin's College	33,863	13,053	0	0
St. Mary's College	14,420	3,013	395	0
The University of Salford	111,151	32,131	1,257	0
The School of Oriental and African Studies	32,908	13,949	1,241	0
The School of Pharmacy	9,478	1,798	48	0
Sheffield Hallam University	114,203	29,728	802	190
The University of Sheffield	224,599	46,068	3,094	0
Southampton Institute	54,570	10,781	4,108	386
The University of Southampton	214,351	38,044	1,286	34
Staffordshire University	71,043	17,982	1,036	1
The University of Sunderland	71,305	14,263	95	7
The Surrey Institute of Art and Design,	16,514	3,917	27	201
The University of Surrey	116,524	28,358	2,127	0
The University of Sussex	85,784	16,158	314	0
The University of Teesside	58,314	20,060	15	0
Thames Valley University	54,727	22,808	1,708	698
Trinity And All Saints College	11,429	2,608	166	0
Trinity College of Music	5,506	1,400	0	0
University College London	412,283	44,734	10,499	0
The University of Warwick	174,451	36,338	4,550	1106
University of the West of England, Bristol	107,431	22,227	879	24
Westminster College(32)	(28)—	(28)—	(28)—	(28)—
The University of Westminster	95,055	29,101	2,924	0
Wimbledon School of Art	5,188	1,075	0	0
The University of Wolverhampton	90,252	24,395	0	0
University College Worcester	19,060	6,560	639	0
Writtle College	13,701	1,439	0	792
Wye College	(28)—	(28)—	(28)—	(28)—
The University of York	103,539	17,941	3,080	0
Total Wales	641,060	125,657	4,715	90
University of Wales, Aberystwyth	62,665	9,372	409	0
University of Wales, Bangor	67,149	13,948	1,107	0
Cardiff University	156,819	30,299	2,646	0
University of Wales Institute, Cardiff	44,175	9,306	0	34
University of Glamorgan	64,820	16,118	24	0
The University of Wales, Lampeter	9,715	1,708	7	0
University of Wales College of Medicine	68,058	13,745	0	0
University of Wales College, Newport	26,010	4,257	180	2
The North-East Wales Institute of High	18,771	4,045	0	0
University of Wales, Registry	6,601	0	0	0
Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama	6,412	972	188	0
Swansea Institute of Higher Education	17,528	3,508	126	10
University of Wales, Swansea	83,248	16,999	28	42
Trinity College, Carmarthen	9,063	1,380	0	2

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			2001/02
			Of which:
	Total income	HE course fees(26)	Credit bearing course	FE course fees
Total England	11,839,076	2,561,139	219,264	24,887
Anglia Polytechnic University	89,496	25,690	1,930	51
Aston University	53,392	11,676	1,096	0
Bath Spa University College	21,217	4,602	0	0
The University of Bath	101,254	19,549	1,751	0
Birkbeck College	46,355	10,769	939	0
The University of Birmingham	279,521	48,540	3,135	0
Bishop Grosseteste College	5,395	1,069	73	0
Bolton Institute of Higher Education	26,984	6,516	31	98
The Arts Institute at Bournemouth(27)	8,173	1,329	98	316
Bournemouth University	57,443	22,262	887	0
The University of Bradford	72,211	14,336	1,745	6,742
Bretton Hall
The University of Brighton	80,642	25,895	967	0
The University of Bristol	209,265	28,940	1,700	0
Brunel University	88,721	21,656	244	174
Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College	41,792	11,903	294	25
The University of Cambridge	446,755	43,113	9,714	0
The Institute of Cancer Research(29)	46,656	942	0	0
Canterbury Christ Church University College	50,816	17,376	233	0
The University of Central England in Birmingham	94,558	34,455	2,409	172
The University of Central Lancashire	98,000	29,663	412	220
Central School of Speech and Drama	6,096	1,195	156	2
University of Gloucestershire	(28)—	(28)—	(28)—	(28)—
Chester College of HE	24,760	11,235	38	0
University College Chichester	17,694	3,518	328	0
City University	100,741	50,309	4,681	0
The College of Guidance Studies(30)	(28)—	(28)—	(28)—	(28)—
Conservatoire for Dance and Drama(27)	3,578	557	0	0
Coventry University	92,184	29,125	17	222
Cranfield University	122,039	15,355	35,516	0
Cumbria Institute of the Arts	5,894	923	0	17
Darlington College of Arts	3,356	545	0	0
De Montfort University	113,714	30,064	30	0
University of Derby	62,121	15,978	16	704
University of Durham	129,219	21,196	2,070	0
The University of East Anglia	98,412	24,235	929	0
The University of East London	66,525	19,973	0	0
Edge Hill College of Higher Education	31,025	4,950	0	0
The University of Essex	68,451	17,188	1,842	0
The University of Exeter	96,202	17,979	1,979	0
Falmouth College of Arts	9,937	2,236	0	53
University of Gloucestershire	37,430	8,415	754	26
Goldsmiths College	44,340	13,375	257	84
The University of Greenwich	106,255	30,845	0	0
Harper Adams University College	15,393	1,746	239	0
University of Hertfordshire	105,660	34,086	1,187	281
Homerton College	5,369	0	0	0
The University of Huddersfield	76,131	13,793	1,715	0
The University of Hull(31)	94,481	26,154	0	0
Imperial College of Science, Technology	381,230	40,375	2,128	0
Institute of Advanced Nursing Education	9,625	601	0	0
Institute of Education	37,561	4,513	3,929	0
The University of Keele	64,615	14,105	317	0
The University of Kent at Canterbury	77,864	18,068	1,038	0
Kent Institute of Art & Design	14,834	3,440	98	257
King Alfred's College, Winchester	18,172	4,648	232	0
King's College London	318,815	46,063	2,196	0
Kingston University	90,716	29,220	1,383	47
The University of Lancaster	95,437	18,010	0	0
Leeds Metropolitan University	101,218	25,605	2,273	629
The University of Leeds	302,607	56,286	5,093	0
The University of Leicester	145,842	31,338	175	0
The University of Lincoln	59,230	10,065	5	112
Liverpool Hope	31,225	5,675	559	0
Liverpool John Moores University	103,618	26,205	48	0
The University of Liverpool	205,650	32,291	797	0
London Business School	61,918	23,667	19,938	0
University of London	97,634	1,856	1,734	0
London Guildhall University	54,539	15,810	837	154
The London Institute	91,692	22,979	4,865	5,699
London South Bank University	94,760	35,778	3,185	52
London School of Economics and Politics	104,344	45,362	2,607	0
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine	50,210	5,518	0	0
Loughborough University	121,869	21,270	819	101
University of Luton	51,075	20,876	230	1
University of Manchester	328,574	58,593	12,020	0
The University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology	117,067	20,431	245	1,625
The Manchester Metropolitan University	139,644	32,366	801	31
Middlesex University	118,480	43,283	0	0
The University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne	212,929	26,086	3,680	0
Newman College	7,129	1,325	11	0
The University of North London	69,669	18,855	2,746	0
North Riding College Higher Education	(28)—	(28)—	(28)—	(28)—
University College Northampton	42,624	11,945	1,801	432
Northern School of Contemporary Dance	1,709	185	0	12
The University of Northumbria at Newcastle upon Tyne	109,034	40,258	1,190	223
Norwich School of Art and Design	4,734	852	11	60
The Nottingham Trent University	2,078	0	—	—
The University of Nottingham	265,302	61,588	3,217	0
The Open University	302,268	104,667	857	0
Oxford Brookes University(31)	90,704	32,058	1,076	23
The University of Oxford	426,549	37,619	7,878	0
The University of Plymouth	112,942	27,497	526	186
The University of Portsmouth	92,623	27,693	1,225	137
Queen Mary and Westfield College	139,604	20,720	1,387	0
Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication	7,188	1,639	0	36
The University of Reading	23,703	2,012	0
The College of Ripon and York St John(33)	21,783	6,540	545	0
University of Surrey, Roehampton	40,200	9,247	447	0
Rose Bruford College	4,227	1,126	30	0
Royal Academy of Music	11,720	3,126	0	476
Royal Agricultural College(27)	(28)—	(28)—	(28)—	(28)—
Royal College of Art	19,339	3,680	235	0
Royal College of Music	11,537	2,045	717	0
Royal Holloway and Bedford New College	63,189	14,206	347	1,037
Royal Northern College of Music	9,294	1,792	0	0
The Royal Veterinary College	27,954	3,037	95	0
St. George's Hospital Medical School	54,188	6,295	496	0
College of St. Mark and St. John	14,698	3,268	645	12
St. Martin's College	35,369	11,863	734	0
St. Mary's College	14,792	3,122	102	0
The University of Salford	115,154	37,694	292	57
The School of Oriental and African Studies	33,945	14,215	1,342	0
The School of Pharmacy	10,731	2,017	82	0
Sheffield Hallam University	119,810	32,866	862	239
The University of Sheffield	237,988	51,250	2,758	0
Southampton Institute	56,301	11,679	4,457	514
The University of Southampton	233,796	41,105	1,876	0
Staffordshire University	74,758	18,147	1,043	0
The University of Sunderland	73,325	15,047	1,517	9
The Surrey Institute of Art and Design,	18,123	4,058	100	269
The University of Surrey	131,453	31,987	2,311	0
The University of Sussex	94,626	17,562	499	0
The University of Teesside	63,351	21,884	21	0
Thames Valley University	60,991	24,838	2,077	684
Trinity And All Saints College	11,910	2,684	131	0
Trinity College of Music	6,561	1,488	433	0
University College London	431,510	48,877	10,202	0
The University of Warwick	191,479	44,885	1,738	1,804
University of the West of England, Bristol	114,428	22,715	888	19
Westminster College(32)	(28)—	(28)—	(28)—	(28)—
The University of Westminster	102,825	32,859	2,531	0
Wimbledon School of Art	5,540	1,130	0	0
The University of Wolverhampton	96,658	26,281	0	0
University College Worcester	20,059	6,702	721	0
Writtle College	15,569	1,560	0	763
Wye College	(28)—	(28)—	(28)—	(28)—
The University of York	113,319	19,616	2,349	0
Total Wales	696,478	136,733	5,292	115
University of Wales, Aberystwyth	68,926	10,180	575	0
University of Wales, Bangor	75,235	15,004	1,179	0
Cardiff University	167,906	32,343	2,942	0
University of Wales Institute, Cardiff	45,629	9,971	0	63
University of Glamorgan	70,459	17,519	29	0
The University of Wales, Lampeter	9,842	1,779	8	0
University of Wales College of Medicine	77,368	15,240	0	0
University of Wales College, Newport	27,785	4,738	196	2
The North-East Wales Institute of High	20,728	4,630	0	0
University of Wales, Registry	6,969	120	0	0
Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama	6,632	992	207	0
Swansea Institute of Higher Education	17,893	3,801	138	0
University of Wales, Swansea	91,580	18,943	18	48
Trinity College, Carmarthen	9,526	1,473	0	2

⁽²⁶⁾ HE course fees include home and EC domiciled students studying full-time and part-time at postgraduate and undergraduate level, plus overseas (non-EC) domiciled students. Covers all fee income, including the £1,125 for full-time undergraduate courses.

⁽²⁷⁾ New institution

⁽²⁸⁾ Blank cells indicate no Finance Return in 2001/02.

⁽²⁹⁾ New institution in 2000/01.

⁽³⁰⁾ The College of Guidance Studies merged with Canterbury Christ Church College in 2000/01.

⁽³¹⁾ North Riding College merged with the University of Hull in 2000/01.

⁽³²⁾ Westminster College merged with Oxford Brookes University in 2000/01.

⁽³³⁾ The College of Ripon and York St John changed it's name to York St John College in the academic year 2000/01.

Note:

Zero cells indicate that the institution submitted a separate Finance Return

Source:

HESA Finance Record

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Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) if he will list the departments which receive higher education research grant funding in (a) dance, (b) drama, (c) performing arts and (d) sports-related studies; [152626]

(2) if he will list the research ratings under the two most recent research assessment exercises of each higher education institution and department in the UK; [152627]

(3) how many higher education institutions will receive more than £1 million in research grant from Government in 2003–04; [152636]

(4) what his policy is on the provision of research funding to departments rated 4 after the next research assessment exercise; [152638]

(5) whether it is his policy that some universities should cease to carry out research. [152687]

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Alan Johnson: The following—List A—lists the 23 higher education institutions (HEIs) which will receive recurrent research grant funding for dance, drama and performing arts in 2003/04. List B—lists the 27 HEIs which will receive funding for sports-related studies in 2003/04.

List A: Institutions receiving Quality-related funding for Dance, Drama and Performing Arts ¹ Departments in 2003/04

Higher Education Institutions:

University of Warwick

University of Bristol

University of Reading

University of Manchester

University of Kent at Canterbury

Royal Holloway, University of London

Nottingham Trent University

University of Surrey

University of Hull

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University of Exeter

University of East Anglia

University of Birmingham

Lancaster University

Goldsmiths College

University of Surrey, Roehamptom

University of Huddersfield

University College Worcester

University College Chichester

Middlesex University

Manchester Metropolitan University

De Montfort University

York St. John College

University College Northampton

King Alfred's College, Winchester

Dartington College of Arts

Bretton Hall

Bournemouth University

¹ In the last two Research Assessment Exercises, Dance, Drama and Performing Arts were classed as the same Unit of Assessment and attract research funding in the same way.

List B: Institutions receiving Quality-related funding in Sports-related Studies Departments in 2003/04

Higher Education Institutions:

University of Birmingham

Manchester Metropolitan University

Loughborough University

Liverpool John Moores University

University of Exeter

University of Sheffield

University of Bristol

University of Brighton

Sheffield Hallam University

De Montfort University

University of Wolverhampton

University of Leeds

University of Bath

University College Chichester

Staffordshire University

South Bank University

Leeds Metropolitan University

University of Surrey Roehampton

University of Sunderland

University of Luton

University of Gloucestershire

Canterbury Christ Church University College

Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College

Details of the research ratings awarded in the two most recent Research Assessment Exercises (RAE) are set out in the documents '2001 Research Assessment Exercise: The Outcome' and '1996 Research Assessment Exercise: The Outcome', published by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE). Copies are available in the House of Commons Library.

72 HEIs will receive more than £1 million in research grant from the HEFCE in 2003–04.

The UK higher education funding bodies carried out a joint consultation last year on the review of research assessment undertaken by Sir Gareth Roberts.

10 Feb 2004 : Column 1394W

Following detailed consideration of the responses to the consultation exercise, an announcement on the way forward is expected from HEFCE and the other funding bodies shortly.

The Government are committed to supporting and encouraging the highest quality research within available resources to ensure that we continue to compete internationally. High quality research departments are located in a wide spread of institutions and it is not the Government's policy to prevent any departments or institutions from conducting research. Institutions, as independent, autonomous bodies, must consider their strengths and decide the best focus for their academic direction and institutional mission.

Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the remits are of (a) the Higher Education Funding Council for England and (b) the proposed Arts and Humanities Research Council in the future support of arts and humanities research. [152628]

Alan Johnson: The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) allocates Quality Related (QR) funding for research to Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in England selectively, having regard to assessments of research quality in all academic disciplines. This funding is paid to HEIs as part of a block grant. Within the dual support system, it is intended to support the physical infrastructure for research and the costs of permanent research staff time including time devoted to curiosity-driven research in line with the institution's mission and priorities. It therefore complements funding the institution receives in the form of grant from Research Councils.

The responsibilities of the Arts and Humanities Research Council will be to carry out, facilitate, encourage and support research and postgraduate training in the arts and humanities. Its responsibilities will parallel those of the existing Scientific Research Councils in supporting specific research projects and postgraduate programmes of work in higher education institutions and related bodies in all parts of the United Kingdom.

Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills whether it is his policy that Government funding for increases in the number of students in higher education should be directed at the provision of foundation degree places rather than full honours degrees. [153067]

Alan Johnson: As set out in the White Paper "The Future of Higher Education" and the January 2003 grant letter to the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) we are committed to the expansion of Foundation Degrees while recognising existing commitments to growth in honours degree provision.

Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will make a statement on incentives provided to higher education institutions for collaboration between departments or institutions. [152637]

Alan Johnson: The principal mechanism for encouraging greater collaboration between higher education departments and institutions is the Strategic

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Development Fund, operated by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE). The fund supports various forms of collaboration including, for example, institutional mergers, strategic alliances and incentives for developing innovative research programmes.

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