HC Deb 25 February 2003 vol 400 cc473-4W
Mr. Edwards

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what estimate he has made of the proportion of full-time students who (a) are exempt from paying the full tuition fee of £1,100, (b) pay a proportion of the tuition fee and (c) pay the full tuition fee. [98448]

Mr. Charles Clarke

In Academic Year 2000/01 (the latest year for which data are available):

  1. (a) 42 per cent. of students in England and Wales who were eligible to be assessed for student support were not required to make a payment to the fee contribution of £1,050, and
  2. (b) 19 per cent. paid a proportion of the fee contribution, and
  3. (c) 39 per cent. paid the full tuition fee contribution.

These figures are based on provisional 2000/01 data (published on 30 April 2002).