§ Mr. Jon Owen JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was the total amount of Government funding for postgraduate students for subsistence costs in(a) 1978–79 and (b) 1995–96. [13166]
§ Mr. Jonathan EvansSeparate information for Wales is not available. Expenditure on maintenance grants for postgraduate students in the United Kingdom by the Department for Education and Employment, the British Academy, the European university institute and the research councils in financial years 1978–79 and 1994–95, the latest year available, was £31.0 million and £90.5 million respectively.
In addition, for students domiciled in England and Wales, maintenance expenditure by local education authorities on mandatory awards to postgraduate certificate of education students and discretionary awards for other postgraduate students was £11.9 million in the academic year 1978–79 and £38.0 million in 1994–95.
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§ Mr. JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the take-up rate for student loans for each university as a percentage of the individual institution's student population in Wales for(a) 1993–94, (b) 1994–95 and (c) 1995–96. [13168]
§ Mr. EvansThe Student Loans Company has advised that data in respect of individual institutions can only be obtained at disproportionate cost. The national take-up rate for Wales of student loans as a percentage of eligible students in publicly funded institutions was 43 per cent. in the academic year 1993–94, 51 per cent. in 1994–95 and 58 per cent. in 1995–96.
§ Mr. JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what percentage of full-time university students in Cardiff are entitled to a full student grant. [13169]
§ Mr. JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list those unitary authorities in Wales that made discretionary grant awards to 18 to 25-year-old students in the year 1995–96, indicating the total amount awarded. [13177]
§ Mr. EvansInformation in the age categories requested is not collected. Data on discretionary awards for the academic year 1995–96 are not yet available. The numbers of, and expenditure on, discretionary awards made by local education authorities in Wales in the academic year 1994–95, before the reorganisation of local government in Wales, is published in tables 8(a) and (b), and 9(a) and (b) of "Statistics of Education, Student Support" volume 1994–95; copies of which are in the Library. Tables 8(a) and (b) show data for section 1(6) and section 2 awards in higher education; tables 9(a) and (b) show data for section 2 awards in further education and give separate data on awards to students aged 16 to 18 years and to those aged 19 and over.
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§ Mr. JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was the total amount of expenditure on full-time university student grants in Wales in(a) 1978–79 and (b) 1995–96. [13180]
§ Mr. EvansIn 1978–79 local education authorities in Wales spent £28.5 million on mandatory awards for maintenance and fees for students at university and other higher education and further education institutions. A further £5 million was spent on discretionary full value and lesser value awards, some of which will have been made to higher education students. In 1994–95, the latest year for which data are available, expenditure on maintenance and fees for full-time higher education mandatory and discretionary awards was £124 million.
Government funding for research at higher education institutions in Wales £ thousands 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 The University College of Wales, Aberystwyth 4,379 3,977 4,938 Cardiff Institute of Higher Education (b) n/a n/a 38 University of Wales, College of Cardiff 5,183 5,867 6,532 Coleg Normal Bangor (b) n/a n/a 194 University of Wales College of Medicine 2,830 3,097 3,631 University of Glamorgan (b) n/a n/a 376 Gwent College of Higher Education (b) n/a n/a 1 North East Wales Institute of Higher Education n/a n/a 367 University of North Wales, Bangor 3,633 3,470 4,370 St. David's University College 297 121 106 Swansea Institute of Higher Education n/a n/a — University College of Swansea 4,277 5,098 5,273 Trinity College, Carmarthen n/a n/a — Welsh Agricultural College (b) n/a n/a 22 Welsh College of Music and Drama n/a n/a — Total 20,599 21,630 25,848 Source: University Statistical Record and Higher Education Statistics Agency. (a) Includes funding from research councils, UK central Government bodies and health and hospital authorities. (b) Name of institution as at 1994–95. Some institutions have subsequently gained university status or merged with other university institutions.