§ Mr. Aspinwallasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what information he has on the percentage of those entering higher education in Avon who receive some form of local government award, indicating the percentage of those who receive a full grant at undergraduate level.
§ Mr. WaldenIt is not possible to provide the information in the form requested. In 1984–85, there were 5,800 first year students on full-time and sandwich undergraduate courses of higher education and courses for the postgraduate certificate of education, in Avon. These students were residents of Avon and other parts of the United Kingdom. Information is not available centrally on the proportion of these students who were in receipt of local authority grants. 2,700 new mandatory awards and 360 new full value discretionary awards were made by Avon for study within the county and outside. The number of new full value award holders in receipt of a full grant is not collected by the Department.