§ Mr. EvansTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what estimate he has made of the cost of removing student tuition fees for higher education in Wales. [83980]
§ Mr. HainThe higher education institutions in Wales would not benefit from the forecast private contribution of:
£ million 1999–2000 16.0 2000–01 23.3 2001–02 26.5 The source of these figures is the Department's Funding letter of 15 December 1998 to the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales. The figures are the estimated student tuition fee contributions from all UK and EU domiciled students attending Welsh Higher Education institutions.