§ Mr. WoodTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what the average value is of the debt owed by a student leaving university. [150422]
§ Mr. WicksThe average debt of a borrower with a mortgage-style student loan entering repayment at the start of the financial year 1999–2000, the latest date for which data are available, was £3,210
Information on private sector debt such as overdrafts and other commercial loans is not available centrally.
Funding allocations to Cumbria £000 Programme 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 Education Standard Spending Assessment 170,602 170,400 186,100 195,500 205,834 Schools Capital 6,175 4,920 7,680 10,254 19,764 Standards Fund 1,550 1,985 2,884 5,309 11,316 School Standards Grant — — — — 3,399 School Budget Support Grant — — — — 571 Nursery Education Grant — 1,951 557 601 804 Schedule 32 Grant — — — 107 73 Insurance Grant for former GM Schools — — — 28 24 Transitional Grant for former GM Schools — — — — 199 Teachers Pay Reform Special Grant: Threshold — — — — 2,604 Schools in the Copeland constituency received £462,000 School Standards Grant (SSG) in 2000–01, with an estimated SSG of £860,000 for Copeland schools in 2001–02. Final allocations for 2001–02 will depend on pupil numbers as reported in the Annual Schools Census.
The table shows the schools in the Copeland constituency which have benefited from investment
New Deal for schools—allocations to schools in the Copeland constituency £ School Project details Grant awarded 1997–98 St. Bridget's Primary Replacement of temporary classrooms 1598,000 Millom Schools ICT Room All county and voluntary controlled primary schools which have no fire alarm system Provision of fire alarm systems Whitehaven School Upgrade laboratories