§ Chris RuaneTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much has been spent per student in higher education in each of the last 30 years. [142633]
§ Alan JohnsonInformation on the funding per student at higher education institutions in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales is a matter for the devolved administration. The table as follows shows the public funding per student at higher education institutions in England since 1989–90.
Publicly planned funding per student via HEFCE/TTA in real terms, 2002–03 prices £(rounded to nearest £10) 1989–90 8,150 1990–91 7,420 1991–92 7,050 1992–93 6,530 1993–94 6,170 1994–95 6,000 1995–96 5,740 1996–97 5,360 1997–98 5,200 1998–99 5,200 1999–2000 5,190 2000–01 5,130 2001–02 5,170 2202–03 5,170 2003–04 5,310 2004–05 5,340 2005–06 5,500 Information for earlier years was published "Higher Education in the learning society", the report of the National Committee of Inquiry into Higher Education chaired by Lord Dearing. The information required is in chart 3.16 of that report. A link to that report is available at www.leeds.ac.uk/educol/ncihe.
2003 Males Females Mean (£) Number in sample
Standard error (%)
Mean (£) Number in sample
Standard error
Unitary Authority Portsmouth 450.3 207 3.6 384.7 108 4.5 Southampton 457.4 234 3.0 — 110 5.1 Borough Basingstoke and Deane — 199 5.2 — 126 5.6 East Hampshire — 122 6.4 — 73 6.8 Eastleigh 569.7 156 4.9 — 95 5.6 Fareham 563.3 123 4.0 375.8 78 4.5 Gosport 406.2 79 4.2 — 67 5.5 Hart — 104 5.9 — 58 7.2 Havant — 142 6.1 345.4 82 3.9 New Forest — 178 5.2 364.7 121 4.7 Rushmoor 530.6 113 4.7 — 70 7.3 Test Valley — 126 5.4 — 82 5.5 Winchester — 110 7.5 — 58 6.3