§ Mr. WillisTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many part-time students in further education have to contribute(a) all and (b) part of their tuition fees; and what was the total financial contribution made by these students in the most recent available year. [10466]
§ Dr. HowellsOf students funded by the Further Education Funding Council in colleges and external institutions in the 1995–96 academic year in England, 884,000 part-time students paid all their tuition fees and 173,000 paid part of their tuition fees. The total tuition fees paid by these 1.057 million part-time students was £111 million in the same academic year. All the figures are provisional.
§ Mr. WillisTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what was the total financial contribution made by part-time students towards their fees for approved higher education courses in the most recent available year. [10465]
§ Dr. HowellsThe information requested is not held centrally. In 1996–97, some 60 per cent. of part-time higher education students in UK HE institutions for whom the source of fees was known paid their own fees, but the available information does not record the amounts paid. The total income received by UK HE institutions for part-time HE fees in 1995–96 from all sources was £276.2 million.