Student Fees (Hansard, 4 April 2003)

§ Mr. Boswell
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what proportion of higher education students' fees are wholly remitted on account of income; and what proportion of students have home postcodes which attract additional university funding from HEFCE. [104947]
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§ Margaret Hodge
In England and Wales students on full-time undergraduate courses and their families are expected to make a contribution towards the cost of their tuition only if they can afford to do so. The percentage of students in England and Wales in academic year 2000/01 (latest year for which data are available) who have been assessed to make a nil contribution towards the cost of their tuition is 42 per cent. This figure includes those students eligible for student support studying in further education colleges, and also English and Welsh domiciled students studying at UK institutions.
According to latest available data, around 30 per cent. of English-domiciled students registered at English higher education institutions and 48 per cent. of English-domiciled students registered at English further education attracted additional funding from HEFCE. This funding was allocated on the basis of postcodes to support recruitment and retention of students from low participation neighbourhoods.

§ Mrs. Lait
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills whether student musicians will be exempted from increased tuition fees. [104508]

§ Margaret Hodge
No.

§ Mr. Boswell
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what action he plans to recover post-course tuition fees from students who have been(a) resident in the UK but go abroad after graduation and (b) resident abroad before commencing their studies.[105399]

§ Margaret Hodge
There are mechanisms in place to recover loan repayments for maintenance from UK students who live abroad after graduation, and who are outside the UK tax system, through direct payments to the Student Loans Company. The arrangements for collecting varied fees from EU graduates and UK graduates that go abroad will be based on these mechanisms.