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After the application has been assessed and approved, a student who applied on-line will then need to sign a declaration form. If they are a new student their National Insurance Number will need to be verified with the Department for Work and Pensions. Thereafter payment will be released once confirmation of attendance has been received from the Higher Education Institution.
England figures on applications in academic years 2008-09 and 2009-10 are available from the SLC website at
Mr. Jim Cunningham: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what the timetable is for the Government's review of student funding. [297677]
Mr. Lammy: My right hon. and noble Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills has announced that the Independent Review of Variable Tuition Fees will be launched this autumn.
It is too early to say precisely how long the review will last, but it will be dealing with complex issues and will require adequate time to consult with the many stakeholders.
Mr. Jim Cunningham: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how much money the Government estimates was made available to higher education students via bursaries in the academic year 2008-09. [297676]
Mr. Lammy: Office for Fair Access (OFFA) collects information annually about bursary payments and publishes a report. OFFA has already published the figures for 2006-07 and 2007-08, and will publish those for 2008-09 in May next year.
Students: Lancashire
Mr. Hoyle: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what proportion of students from Lancashire County Council local education authority area who applied for (a) student loans and (b) grants for the (i) 2008-09 and (ii) 2009-10 academic year received them in time for the start of that year. [296745]
Mr. Lammy: 80 per cent. of student finance applications from Lancashire were approved by 18 October, this compares with 79 per cent. at the equivalent point in the previous year. This excludes applications approved but awaiting student signature. Separate figures are not available for loans and grants, which are covered by the same application form. Higher Education Institutions have different start dates, so data is not available on applications processed in time for the start of the academic year.
After the application has been assessed and approved, a student who applied online will then need to sign a declaration form. If they are a new student their national insurance number will need to be verified with the Department for Work and Pensions. Thereafter payment will be released once confirmation of attendance has been received from the Higher Education Institution.
Students: Loans
Mr. Jim Cunningham: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how much was paid out in maintenance and tuition fee loans by the Student Loan Company (a) in total and (b) to students resident in Coventry in the academic year 2008-09. [297675]
Mr. Lammy: Early provisional England figures for the academic year 2008/09 are available from the Statistical First Release Student Support for Higher Education in England, Academic Year 2008/09 (Provisional), available from the Student Loans Company website at
This gives early figures of £2,541.2 million maintenance loans and £2,047.7 million tuition fee loans. Figures will increase with late applications. Updated figures will be published in November 2009.
Estimated early provisional figures for Coventry domiciled students, at the same point as the Statistical First Release, give around £14.7 million maintenance loans and around £11.7 million tuition fee loans in academic year 2008/09. Figures will increase with late applications.
Technology Strategy Board: Finance
Philip Davies: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how much funding the Technology Strategy Board has allocated to (a) businesses and (b) video games businesses in 2008-09. [293982]
Mr. Lammy: During the financial year 2008-09 the Technology Strategy Board offered grant funding of £117.1 million to new projects involving UK businesses. Of this, £577,000 went to projects involving UK video games businesses.
University Centre Peterborough
Mr. Stewart Jackson: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills whether he plans to discuss with the Higher Education Funding Council for England future plans for the number of student places at the University Centre, Peterborough under the auspices of Anglia Ruskin University; and if he will make a statement. [297837]
Mr. Lammy: I am pleased to report that the Higher Education Funding Council for England announced on 5 October 2009 that 200 new Additional Student Numbers (full time equivalent) would be made available for the university centre at Peterborough in 2010-11. HEFCE has contributed £5 million to the development of this project. However, I should make clear that under the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 I take no part in these individual funding decisions.
Vocational Training: Finance
Mr. Vaizey: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will allow employee-responsive funding allocated for financial year 2010-11 by the Learning and Skills Council to be drawn down in financial year 2009-10 in order to pay for training being provided in that financial year. [296432]
Kevin Brennan: Authority to spend or commit resource is agreed by Parliament through the estimates process which sets the expenditure limits for each Department one year at a time. Departments are not permitted to commit expenditure that exceeds these limits.
In November 2008 we set out the 2009-10 financial year allocation to the Learning and Skills Council (LSC). This showed an increase of nearly 15 per cent. in employer responsive (Train to Gain and Adult Apprenticeships) funding compared to 2008-09 financial year.
Funding allocations for 2010-11 financial year will be announced later this autumn.
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