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General Notes

1. Between 2004-05 and 2006-07, there was a significant shift in the types of further education provision that attracted public funding. Realignment of funding towards longer courses offering adults the greatest opportunity to gain the skills to enter and progress in sustained employment has necessarily led to a decrease in the overall number of LSC funded learners.

2. However, it cannot be assumed that these courses and learners no longer exist—for example, in 2006-07, there were more than 550,000 adult learners in FE colleges who received no LSC funding for their course, either
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because they or their employer paid the full fee, or because they were funded through a different funding stream.

3. Where a course no longer attracts public funding, we expect colleges and providers to continue to offer those courses, at full cost, in response to demand. We are also working with colleges to ensure they are more efficient in the way they collect fee income from those learners and employers who are expected to contribute towards fees to enable them to support those who need it most.

Mr. Love: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many and what percentage of students were admitted to (a) Oxford University, (b) Cambridge University and (c) one of the Russell Group of universities from each local education authority in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. [238192]

Mr. Lammy: The information is shown in the table, copies of which have been placed in the Library. The latest period for which figures are available is the 2006/07 academic year. Figures for the 2007/08 academic year will be available in late January 2009.

This Government remain totally committed to widening participation in higher education (HE), for those from poorer and other under-represented backgrounds. This includes those young people who overcome the greatest challenges, not just to go to university at all, but to one of the most selective universities or courses. We, together with the Higher Education Funding Council for England and the universities themselves, are working to raise both aspirations of young people and attainment—to unlock the talent of each student so that they can progress to a university that will help them realise their full potential.

Mr. Kemp: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what percentage of (a) state school and (b) private school students in (i) England, (ii) the City of Sunderland and (iii) Houghton and Washington East constituency were admitted to higher education in each year since 1997. [239696]

Mr. Lammy: It has not proved possible to respond in the time available before Prorogation.

Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what percentage of (a) state and (b) private school students in (i) Hemel Hempstead and (ii) Hertfordshire were admitted to higher education in each year since 1997. [239947]

Mr. Lammy: It has not proved possible to respond in the time available before Prorogation.

Higher Education: Cultural Heritage

Mr. Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many higher education institutions offered courses in building conservation and related subjects in each year since 1997; and what percentage of the total number of institutions this represents. [238013]

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Mr. Lammy: Information taken from the UCAS website shows that, for the 2009 year of entry, there are seven institutions offering full-time undergraduate courses in building conservation.

This represents 2.25 per cent. of all 311 institutions held on the UCAS website. Earlier information on the number of courses offered is not available.

Higher Education: Finance

Mr. Rob Wilson: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills which (a) universities and (b) further education colleges in England have operating deficits; and if he will make a statement. [233713]

Mr. Simon: Information on the operating deficits of individual universities and further education (FE) colleges is not held at Departmental level. The financial performance of universities and FE colleges is a matter for the Higher Education Funding Council for England and the Learning and Skills Council respectively. The chief executives of both organisations, Professor David Eastwood and Mark Haysom, have written to the hon. Member with the information requested and a copy of their replies has been placed in the House Library.

Letter from Mark Haysom, dated 13 November 2008:

I am writing in response to your Parliamentary Question 233713 that asked:

“Which (a) universities and (b) further education colleges in England have operating deficits”

Of the 363 Further Education Colleges in England, 120 have reported in-year operating deficits for the year ended 31st July 2008, according to the latest available information which is taken from the 2008 College Financial Plans (annual returns which are due each 31st July). This data included in these plans is unaudited. Audited figures for the year ended 31st July 2008 are due to be received at the LSC by 31st December 2008.

A list of the 120 colleges is attached.

Mr. Sanders: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills if he will consider introducing a national bursary scheme for higher education students to distribute financial support on the basis of need. [237944]

Mr. Lammy: Under the current arrangements, institutions are required to pay a minimum bursary to all students receiving the maximum grant. Beyond this, it is for institutions themselves, subject to approval from OFFA, to decide how to support their students. The latest figures show that acceptances to universities for England are at an all time high, with the proportion of applicants from lower socio-economic groups also up. How the bursary system has operated will be looked at in the independent review of the way in which the fee system operates. We are reluctant at this stage to say that we should go from a system of locally determined bursaries to a national bursary system, which would simply be an extension of student financial support. Sir Martin Harris has judged that there is far more money in the bursary system as a result of local decisions than would have been the case had we imposed a bursary target as part of the fees legislation.

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Mr. Willetts: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many university places were co-funded with employers in (a) 2005-06, (b) 2006-07, (c) 2007-08 and (d) 2008-09; and how many he expects to be so funded in 2009-10. [238885]

Mr. Lammy: The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) allocated funding to higher education institutions to support 911 and 3,840 employer co-funded places (on a headcount basis) in 2006/07 and 2007/08 academic years, respectively. To date, HEFCE has allocated funding to support a target of 9,712 places (headcount) for 2008/09.

HEFCE expect to support at least 10,000 employer co-funded places (headcount) in 2009/10, in line with the target set out in the 2008 HEFCE grant letter.

Mr. Willetts: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how much public funding was provided for the teaching costs of each place for first-time UK and EU undergraduates for courses (a) co-funded and (b) not co-funded with employers on average in the latest period for which figures are available. [238921]

Mr. Lammy: The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) allocated an average rate of teaching grant per employer co-funded UK and EU student in 2008/09 of £2,961 per year (full time equivalent) and £4,194 for fully funded students. Whilst the average employer co-funding rate is less than 50 per cent., HEFCE have asked institutions receiving development funding for ECF projects to achieve 50 per cent. by the end of 2010/11.

Higher Education: Lancashire

Rosie Cooper: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how much his Department and its predecessors have spent on (a) higher education and (b) further education in West Lancashire constituency since 1997. [225759]

Mr. Lammy: Expenditure incurred by HEFCE, the Student Loans Company and the Learning and Skills Council is not collected by the Department at the level of detail requested. We will, however, work with HEFCE and the Student Loans Company to try to gain a detailed breakdown of the higher education expenditure and will write to my hon. Friend with further relevant detail. Mark Haysom, the LSC’s Chief Executive will write to my hon. Friend with additional information on further education expenditure.

Higher Education: Research

Rob Marris: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how much quality-related research funding was allocated to each university in the most recent research assessment exercise, broken down by region. [236593]

Mr. Lammy: The following table gives QR funding for each institution in 2008/09, grouped by region.

Figures include late grant adjustments, and reflect mergers. Figures exclude Research Capability funds.

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Quality-related research (QR) funding for 2008-09, by region
Region	Institution name	£ million
East Midlands	De Montfort University	4.1
	University of Derby	0.0
	University of Leicester	18.8
	University of Lincoln	0.0
	Loughborough University	16.2
	University of Northampton	0.3
	University of Nottingham	40.7
	Nottingham Trent University	2.3
East Midlands total		82.4
East of England	Anglia Ruskin University	0.3
	University of Bedfordshire	0.2
	University of Cambridge	111.6
	Cranfield University	9.8
	University of East Anglia	15.3
	University of Essex	11.3
	University of Hertfordshire	2.5
	Norwich University College of the Arts	0.0
	Writtle College	0.0
East of England total		151.1
London	Birkbeck College	9.8
	Brunei University	8.1
	Institute of Cancer Research	19.4
	Central School of Speech and Drama	0.0
	City University, London	6.4
	Courtauld Institute of Art	1.3
	University of East London	1.5
	Institute of Education	8.7
	Goldsmiths College	8.6
	University of Greenwich	1.3
	Imperial College	97.7
	King’s College London	60.0
	Kingston University	0.9
	University of the Arts London	9.7
	University of London	0.1
	London Business School	4.7
	London School of Economics and Political Science	18.3
	London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine	10.7
	London Metropolitan University	0.1
	London South Bank University	1.3
	Middlesex University	1.2
	School of Oriental and African Studies	7.6
	School of Pharmacy	3.3
	Queen Mary, University of London	24.8
	RCN Institute	0.0
	Roehampton University	0.9
	Rose Bruford College	0.0
	Royal Academy of Music	0.3
	Royal College of Art	2.9
	Royal College of Music	0.3
	Royal Veterinary College	4.9
	St. George’s Hospital Medical School	7.5
	St. Mary’s University College	0.1
	Thames Valley University	0.0
	University College London	104.1
	University of Westminster	2.0
London total		428.7
North East	University of Durham	23.9
	University of Newcastle	34.0
	Northumbria University	1.2
	University of Sunderland	0.9
	University of Teesside	0.2
North East total		60.2
North West	University of Bolton	0.3
	University of Central Lancashire	0.8
	University of Chester	0.0
	University of Cumbria	0.0
	Edge Hill University	0.0
	Lancaster University	17.7
	University of Liverpool	32.5
	Liverpool Hope University	0.1
	Liverpool John Moores University	2.2
	University of Manchester	82.2
	Manchester Metropolitan University	3.1
	Royal Northern College of Music	0.2
	University of Salford	7.6
North West total		146.8
Open University	Open University	7.4
Open University total		7.4
South East	University of Brighton	4.7
	Buckinghamshire New University	0.0
	Canterbury Christ Church University	0.0
	University of Chichester	0.0
	University for the Creative Arts	0.0
	University of Kent	8.1
	University of Oxford	110.1
	Oxford Brookes University	2.5
	University of Portsmouth	4.3
	University of Reading	22.3
	Royal Holloway, University of London	14.5
	University of Southampton	46.7
	Southampton Solent University	0.0
	University of Surrey	18.0
	University of Sussex	17.3
	University of Winchester	0.2
South East total		248.7
South West	University of Bath	18.7
	Bath Spa University	0.2
	Bournemouth University	0.4
	University of Bristol	44.6
	Dartington College of Arts	0.1
	University of Exeter	14.6
	University College Falmouth	0.0
	University of Gloucestershire	0.4
	University of Plymouth	3.4
	University College Plymouth	0.0
	Royal Agricultural College	0.0
	University of West of England, Bristol	1.8
South West total		84.2
West Midlands	Aston University	6.8
	University of Birmingham	44.1
	BCU	0.8
	Coventry University	0.6
	Harper Adams University College	0.0
	Keele University	6.8
	Newman University College	0.0
	Staffordshire University	0.6
	University of Warwick	30.5
	University of Wolverhampton	0.2
	University of Worcester	0.0
West Midlands total		90.5
Yorkshire and the Humber	University of Bradford	7.0
	University of Huddersfield	1.5
	University of Hull	6.3
	University of Leeds	48.5
	Leeds Metropolitan University	0.2
	Leeds Trinity and All Saints	0.0
	University of Sheffield	44.6
	Sheffield Hallam University	3.8
	University of York	24.0
	York St. John University	0.0
Yorkshire and the Humber total		135.9
England total		1,436.0

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