§ Mr. EvansTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many students who went to university resided at home with their parents, as a percentage of the total, in each year since 1990 including 1998 to date. [47720]
§ Dr. HowellsComprehensive data on the number of university students who resided at home with their parents are not available in a consistent form for the period requested. Available information is that from local education authorities in England and Wales which provide data on the number of mandatory award holders studying in the United Kingdom who are eligible for the parental home rate of grant. Numbers of award holders eligible for the parental home rate of grant and the percentage of mandatory award holders this represents are given in 101W the table for academic years 1990–91 to 1996–97 (provisional), the latest year for which information is available.
Mandatory awards in England and Wales1,2: academic years 1990–91 to 1996–973 Students eligible for the parental home rate of grant4,5 Academic year Award holders eligible for the parental home rate of grant5 (thousands) Percentage of award holders eligible for the parental home rate of grant5 1990–91 38.9 8.1 1991–926 49.8 9.1 1992–93 65.9 10.2 1993–94 78.7 10.9 1994–95 88.3 11.6 1995–96 95.9 12.4 1996–973 101.9 13.3 1Awards made by local education authorities to students normally domiciled in their area 2Table includes students who receive partial or nil maintenance grants because of high parental or other income but whose fees are still paid by the authority 31996–97 data are provisional 4Excludes placement year sandwich students 5LEAs can exceptionally give the parental rate to students who live away from the parental home but who could, in their opinion, conveniently attend their course from the parental home 6Data for 1991–92 do not include information on approximately 8,600 awards made by the London Residuary Body for which information on rates of grant is not available