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Higher Education Funding Council for England
Mr. Rob Wilson: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what the objectives are of expenditure under the Higher Education Funding Council for England's equal opportunities budget for 2008-09. [233716]
Mr. Lammy: The Higher Education Funding Council for England's budget for equal opportunities covers funding for the Equality Challenge Unit, which supports the work of UK higher education institutions in improving equal opportunities for their staff and students. It carries out research and provides guidance on these issues. The Council has allocated £1,000,000 in the academic year 2008-09 to this budget.
Mr. Rob Wilson: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what the objectives are of expenditure under the Higher Education Funding Council for England's procurement and shared services initiatives budget for 2008-09. [233717]
Mr. Lammy: The Higher Education Funding Council for England's budget for procurement and shared services initiatives funds the promotion of effective procurement and increased collaboration with the higher education sector with the aim of improving value for money in the purchasing and delivery of goods and services. It has allocated £1,000,000 in the academic year 2008-09 to this budget.
Mr. Rob Wilson: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what the objectives are of expenditure under the Higher Education Funding Council for England's London budget for 2008-09. [233718]
Mr. Lammy: The Higher Education Funding Council for England's budget for London contributes towards the additional costs for higher education institutions of operating in London, including supplementary pensions. It has allocated £11,399,829 in the academic year 2008-09 to this budget.
Mr. Rob Wilson: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what the objectives are of expenditure under the Higher Education Funding Council for England's open learning capital budget for 2008-09. [233719]
Mr. Lammy: The Higher Education Funding Council for England's budget for open learning development aims to bring about a profound cultural change concerning academic sharing and development of digital learning content. It is intended to lead to a substantial reduction in duplication of activity resulting in more efficient use of resource. It has allocated £5,000,000 in the academic year 2008-09 to this budget.
Higher Education: Admissions
Mr. Rob Wilson: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills (1) how many UK-domiciled students with a household income of between £50,020 and £60,000 were admitted to an English higher education institution in each of the last 10 years; [233709]
(2) how many UK-domiciled students with a household income of between £50,020 and £60,000 are studying at an English higher education institution. [233710]
Mr. Lammy: Complete information on household incomes of students is not available centrally.
During November the Student Loans Company will publish the Statistical First Release Student Support for Higher Education in England, Academic Year 2008/09 (provisional). This will include early provisional information on grants in 2008/09 and complete information on grants in academic year 2007/08.
Mr. Rob Wilson: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what proportion of undergraduate students of each social class are studying each course in higher education institutions. [233714]
Mr. Lammy: The latest available information (for the 2006/07 academic year) is shown in the table. The figures show proportions of UK-domiciled young (aged under 21) entrants to full-time first degree courses and other undergraduate courses at higher education institutions in the UK, who were from lower socio-economic classes.
This information is taken from the annual performance indicators in higher education, which are currently published by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA). HESA also provide this information for each individual HEI (details and figures available at the following link:
This is not available for individual socio-economic classes, or for a more detailed breakdown by course type.
| UK-domiciled young (under 21) entrants to full-time courses at higher education institutions in the UK: academic year | |
| Percentage of group who are from NS-SECs( 1) 4, 5, 6 and 7 | |
| (1 )NS-SEC: National Statistics SocioEconomic Classification Notes: 1. Figures for 2007/08 will become available in 2009. 2. The proportion of students from low socio-economic classes has been calculated using information on students whose socio-economic class background is known. A significant proportion of students’ social backgrounds are unknown. Source: “Performance Indicators in Higher Education, published by HEFCE/HESA | |
Mr. Rob Wilson: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills which higher education institutions missed their maximum allowable student number by more than 2 per cent. in each of the last five recruitment years. [233715]
Mr. Lammy: None. Higher education institutions have not been subject to maximum allowable student numbers during the last five recruitment years.
Joan Ryan: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many young people living in Enfield, North constituency attended higher education and university in (a) 1997 and (b) 2008. [233895]
Mr. Lammy: The latest available information is shown in the table. Comparable figures for the 2007/08 academic year will be available in late January 2009 and figures for the 2008/09 academic year will be available in January 2010.
| Entrants( 1) to undergraduate courses from Enfield, North constituency, UK higher education institutions, academic years 1997/98 and 2006/07 | |
| Academic year | Entrants |
| (1) Figures cover entrants to full-time and part-time courses. (2) Figures for 1997/9S exclude the Open university because there are no figures available for entrants to undergraduate courses at the Open university by constituency for this year. In the 2006/07 academic year 85 entrants from Enfield, North constituency went to the Open university. Notes: 1. Figures are calculated on a snapshot basis as at 1 December to maintain a consistent basis across both years and exclude students on writing up, sabbatical and dormant modes of study. 2. Figures have been rounded to the nearest 5. Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) Student Record. | |
Students: Finance
Mr. Willetts: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many and what proportion of eligible students have received the minimum guaranteed bursary for 2008-09. [229015]
Mr. Lammy:
In 2008/09, higher education students in receipt of the maximum maintenance grant of £2,835 and paying the maximum tuition fee of £3,145 are eligible for a bursary of £310 from their higher education institutions (HEIs); Many HEIs offer more than the
minimum bursary and at present almost all of them are charging the maximum tuition fee.
The information requested is not available centrally because payment of the minimum guaranteed bursary is the responsibility of the HEIs. However, the Student Loans Company, which in some cases administers bursaries on behalf of HEIs, and in some other cases passes relevant information to HEIs for them to administer, has changed its application forms so that applicants give their consent to share their data unless they choose not to. This change should help to increase the number and proportion of eligible students receiving bursaries.
Mr. Willetts: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many eligible (a) new and (b) continuing higher education students have yet to receive their maintenance grant for 2008-09. [229030]
Mr. Lammy: It is not possible to provide the information requested. The Student Loans Company (SLC) databases only capture the number of applications for maintenance grants which have been received and are being processed. Some of these applications will not be approved because the students are either not eligible for support, or their sponsor's income is too high to be awarded a partial of a full maintenance grant.
There are four reasons why eligible higher education (HE) students who have been awarded and are entitled to a maintenance grant may be waiting to receive it:
They are not attending the higher education institution (HEI);
They are attending the HEI but their application has not been received by the SLC either because students have applied late for Student Finance;
They are attending an HEI and their application is being processed (either first time through or after a change off circumstance that wilt now make them entitled to a maintenance grant);
The HEI has not sent their confirmation of attendance to the SLC or the SLC has not yet received the coronation of attendance.
On current performance, the SLC initiates payment of maintenance grants within one working day of receiving confirmation from the HEI that the student is attending the course. Payments are made through an automated system into bank accounts, which takes three working days from initiation.
Students: Grants
Mr. Willetts: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills (1) how much has been spent on maintenance grants for undergraduate students in each year since 2004-05; and how much is expected to be spent in 2008-09; [232269]
(2) what the average maintenance grant paid to eligible first-year UK-domiciled undergraduate students was in each year since 2004-05; and how much it is expected to be in 2008-09; [232270]
(3) how many first-year UK-domiciled undergraduate students have been entitled to (a) the maximum maintenance grant and (b) a portion of the full maintenance grant in each year since 2004-05; and what the estimated figures are for 2008-09; [232271]
(4) how many, and what proportion, of first-year UK-domiciled undergraduate students have been entitled to a maintenance grant in each year since 2004-05; and what the estimated figures are for 2008-09. [232272]
Mr. Lammy [holding answer 3 November 2008]: Available data are presented in the following list for:
(1) the Higher Education Grant introduced in 2004-05; and
(2) its replacement, the Maintenance Grant, introduced in 2006-07,
| Table 1: Higher education grants to English students, by academic year( 1) | ||||
| 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08( 2) | |
| (1) Table covers English domiciled student support students in the UK, studying full-time, sandwich and part-time Initial Teacher Training, who entered HE from 2004-05 and prior to academic year 2006-07. Excludes those who do not apply to the SLC for support and excludes those who receive nil support because they are receiving an NHS bursary. (2) 2007-08 figures are provisional. 3 Constituent parts may not add to totals due to rounding. Source: Student Loans Company (SLC). | ||||
| Table 2: Maintenance grants to English students, by academic year( 1) | ||
| 2007-07( 2) | 2007-08( 3) | |
| (1) Table covers English domiciled student support students in the UK, studying full-time, sandwich and part-time Initial Teacher Training. Excludes those who do not apply to the SLC for support and excludes those who receive nil support because they are receiving an NHS bursary. Includes the Special Support Grant payable to vulnerable groups of students who may otherwise have their DWP benefits reduced. (2) Final data for 2006-07 became available in November 2007. (3) 2007-08 figures are provisional. (4) Constituent parts may not add to totals due to rounding. Source: Student Loans Company (SLC). | ||
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