§ Mr. RookerTo ask the Secretary of State for Education what role his Department exercises in the setting of college fees in respect of undergraduates at collegiate universities; and if he will set out the total payments for college fees made by his Department to each college in the latest year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. BoswellThe level of fees set for the constituent colleges of the universities of Oxford and Cambridge is determined through discussions between the Department and representatives of the colleges. The negotiations take account of the change in the unit of public funding of student places in higher education. The Department does not currently exercise any role in the setting of college fees for other collegiate universities.
The total payment of college fees was £38 million in 1990–91 in respect of Oxford and Cambridge colleges, and £8 million in respect of colleges in other collegiate universities. Information on the total payment of fees in respect of each college is not available centrally.
§ Mr. RookerTo ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to his answer of 19 January,Official Report, column 154, if he will publish the current level of college fees agreed with his Department in respect of undergraduates in each college at the universities listed in his answer.
§ Mr. BoswellThe current level of fees set for each college is as follows:
155W
College £ Cambridge Christ's 2,553 Churchill 2,529 Clare 2,556 156W
College £ Clare Hall 2,484 Corpus Christi 2,637 Darwin 2,616 Downing 2,727 Emmanuel 2,586 Fitzwilliam 2,733 Girton 2,634 Gonville and Caius 2,589 Hughes Hall 2,448 Jesus 2,616 King's 2,553 Lucy Cavendish 2,631 Magdalene 2,730 New Hall 2,727 Newnham 2,724 Pembroke 2,709 Peterhouse 2,547 Queens' 2,667 Robinson 2,682 St. Catharine's 2,622 St. Edmund's 2,445 St. John's 2,502 Selwyn 2,721 Sidney Sussex 2,724 Trinity 2,487 Trinity Hall 2,658 Wesley House 2,652 Wolfson 2,508 Durham University 177 Hatfield 177 Grey 177 Van Mildert 177 Collingwood 177 St. Hild and St. Bede 177 St. Cuthbert's 177 St. Mary's 177 St. Aidan's 177 Trevelyan 177 St. Chad's 936 St. John's 936 Ushaw 936 Kent Darwen 153 Eliot 153 Rutherford 153 Keynes 153 Lancaster Bowland 134 Cartmel 134 The County 134 Furness 134 Fylde 134 Grizedale 134 Londsdale 134 Pendle 134 Oxford Balliol 2,966 Blackfriars 2,848 Brasenose 2,985 Campion Hall 3,161 Christ Church 2,983 Corpus Christi 2,976 Exeter 3,017 Greyfriars 3,038 Hertford 3,147 Jesus 2,989 Keble 3,216 Lady Margaret Hall 3,140 Lincoln 2,933 Magdalen 3,016 Manchester 3,042 Mansfield 3,330 Merton 2,900
College £ New College 3,008 Oriel 3,140 Pembroke 2,993 Queen's 2,951 Regent's Park 3,147 Ripon College 3,803 St. Anne's 3,126 St. Benet's Hall 3,107 St. Catherine's 3,041 St. Edmund Hall 3,101 St. Hilda's 3,094 St. Hugh's 3,128 St. John's 2,948 St. Peter's 3,195 St. Stephen's House 3,041 Somerville 3,099 Trinity 2,969 University 3,003 Wadham 3,061 Worcester 3,052 Wycliffe Hall 3,041 York Alcuin 151 Derwent 151 Goodricke 151 Langwith 151 Vanburgh 151 Wentworth 151
§ Mr. RookerTo ask the Secretary of State for Education what is his policy towards institutions of higher education wishing to reorganise on a collegiate basis in respect of payment of college fees from public funds.
§ Mr. BoswellThe internal organisation of universities and colleges is a matter for the institutions alone to decide. My right hon. Friend does not intend to extend the list of institutions in the mandatory awards regulations for which local education authorities are obliged to meet college fees.