§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what proportion of students in each(a) LEA in England and (b) Government office region of England, were wholly or partially exempt from the payment of university tuition fees in academic year 2001–02. [40558]
§ Margaret HodgeIn England and Wales, under the student support scheme, students and their families only make a contribution towards their tuition fees if they can afford to do so. Students are assessed on family income.
Data on student support for 2001–02 are not yet available. The proportion of students in each LEA and Government office region of England in academic year 1999–2000, the latest year for which data are available, are shown in the following table.
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Proportion of students in each education authority in England making contributions towards fees1 Academic year 1999–2000 Number of students contribution to fees Percentage of students contribution to fees: Nil student/parent/spouse2 Part student/parent/spouse Full student/parent/spouse Nilstudent/parent/spouse2 Part student/parent/spouse Full student/parent/spouse Corporation of London 17 5 12 50 15 35 Camden 1,035 115 447 65 7 28 Greenwich 991 248 414 60 15 25 Hackney 1,541 151 140 84 8 8 Hammersmith and Fulham 695 125 286 63 11 26 Islington 1,015 211 259 68 14 17 Kensington and Chelsea 832 129 100 78 12 9 Lambeth3 *— *— *— *— *— *— Lewisham3 *— *— *— *— *— *— Southwark 1,413 187 297 74 10 16 Tower Hamlets 1,365 68 73 91 5 5 Wandsworth 1,226 242 572 60 12 28 City of Westminster3 *— *— *— *— *— *— Barking and Dagenham 467 127 86 69 19 13 Barnet 1,647 621 1,482 44 17 40 Bexley 591 297 534 42 21 38 Brent 1,883 705 581 59 22 18 Bromley3 *— *— *— *— *— *— Croydon3 *— *— *— *— *— *— Ealing 1,730 679 971 51 20 29 Enfield 1,283 494 1,047 45 17 37 Haringey3 *— *— *— *— *— *— Harrow3 1,169 694 1,181 38 23 39 Havering3 *— *— *— *— *— *— Hillingdon3 *— *— *— *— *— *— Hounslow 1,301 547 190 64 27 9 Kingston upon Thames3 *— *— *— *— *— *— Merton 724 284 647 44 17 39 Newham 423 62 23 83 12 5 Redbridge 1,222 507 905 46 19 34 Richmond-upon-Thames 1,187 386 210 67 22 12 Sutton3 465 259 719 32 18 50 Waltham Forest3 *— *— *— *— *— *— Birmingham 4,768 1,425 1,537 62 18 20 Coventry 1,301 561 709 51 22 28 Dudley 917 597 701 41 27 32 Sandwell 993 453 347 55 25 19 Solihull 608 367 1,114 29 18 53 Walsall 927 445 496 50 24 27 Wolverhampton 1,243 462 556 55 20 25 Knowsley 601 188 158 63 20 17 Liverpool 2,317 695 572 65 19 16 St. Helens 647 422 524 41 26 33 Sefton 1,476 649 1,155 45 20 35 Wirral 1,339 750 1,175 41 23 36 Bolton3 *— *— *— *— *— *— Bury 868 371 635 46 20 34 Manchester 2,296 366 418 75 12 14 Oldham 930 315 447 55 19 26 Rochdale 970 367 702 48 18 34 Salford 542 232 369 47 20 32 Stockport3 *— *— *— *— *— *— Tameside 740 305 347 53 22 25 Trafford3 *— *— *— *— *— *— Wigan 1,048 643 733 43 27 30 Barnsley 637 294 227 55 25 20 Doncaster 856 421 615 45 22 33 Rotherham 753 433 469 45 26 28 Sheffield3 *— *— *— *— *— *— Bradford 2,334 738 1,082 56 18 26 Calderdale 841 328 556 49 19 32 Kirklees 1,660 634 1,093 49 19 32 Leeds3 *— *— *— *— *— *— Wakefield 784 436 694 41 23 36 Gateshead 783 319 385 53 21 26 Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1,093 440 680 49 20 31 North Tyneside 758 382 631 43 22 36 South Tyneside 599 416 135 52 36 12 Sunderland 1,007 408 553 51 21 28 Isles of Scilly 8 5 8 38 24 38
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Proportion of students in each education authority in England making contributions towards fees1Academic year 1999–2000 Number of students contribution to fees Percentage of Students contribution to fees: Nil student/parent/spouse Part student/parent/spouse2 Full student/parent/spouse Nil student/parent/spouse Part student/parent/spouse2 Full student/parent/spouse Bath and North East Somerset 605 267 701 38 17 45 Bristol City 1,459 436 860 53 16 31 North Somerset 539 321 759 33 20 47 South Gloucestershire 609 375 867 33 20 47 Hartlepool 328 124 157 54 20 26 Middlesbrough 590 246 381 48 20 31 Redcar and Cleveland 449 221 332 45 22 33 Stockton-on-Tees 637 311 550 43 21 37 Kingston upon Hull (Hull City) 825 231 213 65 18 17 East Riding 1,206 640 1,143 40 21 38 North East Lincolnshire 576 274 352 48 23 29 North Lincolnshire 609 308 439 45 23 32 North Yorkshire 2,392 1,142 1,975 43 21 36 York City 551 311 587 38 21 41 Bedfordshire 1,119 672 1,705 32 19 49 Luton 856 311 375 56 20 24 Buckinghamshire3 *— *— *— *— *— *— Milton Keynes3 *— *— *— *— *— *— Derbyshire 2,245 1,274 2,139 40 23 38 City of Derby 999 405 562 51 21 29 Dorset3 *— *— *— *— *— *— Poole 458 235 411 41 21 37 Bournemouth 685 209 221 61 19 20 Durham 1,670 855 1,260 44 23 33 Darlington 419 283 171 48 32 20 East Sussex 1,356 684 1,465 39 20 42 Brighton and Hove 1,080 239 573 57 13 30 Hampshire 3,468 1,942 5,757 31 17 52 Portsmouth 754 224 309 59 17 24 Southampton 712 295 545 46 19 35 Leicestershire 1,778 1,220 2,260 34 23 43 Leicester City 1,649 604 374 63 23 14 Rutland III 70 187 30 19 51 Staffordshire 2,595 1,644 2,531 38 24 37 Stoke-on-Trent 751 280 261 58 22 20 Wiltshire 1,631 282 2,082 41 7 52 Swindon 475 235 481 40 20 40 Bracknell Forest 203 135 460 25 17 58 Windsor and Maidenhead 311 191 842 23 14 63 West Berkshire 294 211 782 23 16 61 Reading 363 159 420 39 17 45 Slough 483 201 274 50 21 29 Wokingham 323 231 1,043 20 14 65 Cambridgeshire 1,544 882 2,496 31 18 51 Peterborough 564 276 475 43 21 36 Cheshire3 *— *— *— *— *— *— Halton 438 210 266 48 23 29 Warrington3 *— *— *— *— *— *— Devon 3,300 1,242 1,719 53 20 27 Plymouth 1,170 416 501 56 20 24 Torbay 612 220 234 57 21 22 Essex 3,041 1,608 4,650 33 17 50 Southend 488 193 421 44 18 38 Thurrock 235 136 205 41 24 36 Herefordshire 685 349 522 44 22 34 Worcestershire 1,794 1,101 2,172 35 22 43 Kent 4,163 2,196 3,821 41 22 38 Medway 637 439 585 38 26 35 Lancashire 5,189 2,119 3,527 48 20 33 Blackburn 832 195 254 65 15 20 Blackpool 578 214 178 60 22 18 Nottinghamshire 2,097 1,363 2,435 36 23 41 Nottingham *— *— *— *— *— *— Shropshire 1,113 583 1,007 41 22 37 The Wrekin 548 231 398 47 20 34 Cornwall 2,615 991 956 57 22 21 Cumbria *— *— *— *— *— *— Gloucestershire 3,275 519 1,492 62 10 28 Hertfordshire3 *— *— *— *— *— *— Isle of Wight 577 255 278 52 23 25
Proportion of students in each education authority in England making contributions towards fees1Academic year 1999–2000 Number of students contribution to fees Percentage of Students contribution to fees: Nil student/parent/spouse Part student/parent/spouse2 Full student/parent/spouse Nil student/parent/spouse Part student/parent/spouse2 Full student/parent/spouse Lincolnshire 2,056 1,158 1,850 41 23 37 Norfolk 2,303 1.178 1,869 43 22 35 Northamptonshire 1,889 1,152 2,160 36 22 42 Northumberland 1,158 619 1,229 39 21 41 Oxfordshire 1,592 1,030 1,642 37 24 39 Somerset 1,719 1,077 1,561 39 25 36 Suffolk 2,081 1,204 2,011 39 23 38 Surrey 2,497 1,469 6,195 25 14 61 Warwickshire3 *— *— *— *— *— *— West Sussex3 *— *— *— *— *— *— Regional Summary4 North East 9,491 4,624 6,464 46 22 31 North West 20,811 8,041 11,460 52 20 28 Yorkshire and Humberside 14,024 6,190 9,445 47 21 32 East Midlands 12,824 7,246 11,967 40 23 37 West Midlands 18,243 8,498 12,351 47 22 32 South West 19,160 6,830 12,853 49 18 33 East of England 12,231 6,460 14,207 37 20 43 London 24,222 7,143 11,176 57 17 26 South East 18,813 9,901 24,991 35 18 47 England5 216,107 96,140 166,681 45 20 35 1 Assessed by local education authorities to students normally domiciled in their area. 2 Includes students on courses where the fees were not subject to income-assessment (e.g. PGCE courses; and some other ITT courses; and some courses at private colleges). 3 Not all LEAs were able to provide full and accurate data in 1999–2000 on student support. 4 Care must be taken when comparing regional data as these are based on only those authorities able to provide full and accurate fees information and no allowance has been made for the missing authorities. * Data not available Source:
F503G Student Support Survey