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Research: Finance
Mr. Willetts: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what the total (a) private and (b) public spending on research and development was as a share of GDP in each year since 1992. [155906]
Ian Pearson: The following table sets out the total expenditure on research and development, as a percentage share of GDP, from both private and public sources for the years 1995 to 2005 (the latest year for which figures are available).
| (a) Private in real terms (£ million) | (a) Private as percentage of GDP | (b) Public in real terms (£million) | (b) Public as percentage of GDP | |
| (1) Data on this basis are only published back to 1995. Due to data revisions and updates to base years used for price change adjustments, previously published data showing figures for earlier years are not comparable with this most recent data. Source: ONS GERD release, 2005 | ||||
Student Numbers
Mr. Hoyle: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many students entered university in each of the last five years. [158758]
Bill Rammell: The latest available information is shown in the table. Figures for 2006/07 will be available in January 2008.
| Number of entrants to undergraduate courses English higher education institutions( 1 ) :Academic years 2001/02 to 2005/06 | |
| Academic year | Number of entrants |
| (1) Excludes the Open University. Notes: Figures are on a HESA standard registration population basis and are rounded to the nearest 5. Figures cover all UK and overseas domiciles and students on full-time and part-time modes of study. Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA). | |
Student Wastage
Julia Goldsworthy: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many students, aged 21 years and under, withdrew from their higher education course in each year since 2003; and for what reasons they withdrew. [155199]
Bill Rammell: The standard measure of non-completion is the proportion of UK-domiciled full-time first degree starters of all ages who are projected to neither obtain an award nor transfer to another institution. The available information for higher education institutions in England is shown in table 1.
| Table 1: Proportion of UK-domiciled full-time first degree starters at higher education institutions in England, who are projected to neither obtain an award nor transfer to another institution | |
| Percentage | |
| Source: Performance Indicators in Higher Education, published by HESA | |
The available information on reasons for withdrawing from higher education courses is shown in table 2. This information covers students, aged 21 years and under, leaving first degree courses at English higher education institutions in each year, and includes students in their first, final and intervening years of study, irrespective of the year in which they began their course.
The reason for leaving information on the HESA Student Record should be treated with some caution, because the ‘Other personal reasons and dropped out’ and ‘Other’ fields are used extensively throughout the time-series. Institutions are not always able to record the precise reason for leaving. Furthermore, HESA allows only one reason for withdrawal to be recorded, however it is likely that many students leave for a combination of reasons.
Tables 1 and 2 are based on different populations of students. Table 1 covers the cohort of full-time first degree starters of all ages in each year. Table 2 covers full-time and part-time first degree students aged 21 years and under leaving their courses in each year, regardless of the year of study or which year they began their course.
Dr. Evan Harris: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many students left university without finishing their courses in each year since 1997; and how many of these left due to financial reasons. [154964]
Bill Rammell: The standard measure of non-completion is the proportion of UK-domiciled full-time first degree starters of all ages who are projected to neither obtain an award nor transfer to another institution. The available information for higher education institutions in England is shown in Table 1.
| Table 1: Proportion of UK-domiciled full-time first degree starters at higher education institutions in England, who are projected to neither obtain an award nor transfer to another institution | |
| Percentage | |
| Source: Performance Indicators in Higher Education, published by HESA. | |
The available information on reasons for withdrawing from higher education courses is shown in Table 2. This information covers students, aged 21 years and under, leaving first degree courses at English higher education institutions in each year, and includes students in their first, final and intervening years of study, irrespective of the year in which they began their course.
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