Higher Education Expansion (Hansard, 13 January 2004)

HC Deb 13 January 2004 vol 416 c636W 636W

§ Mr. Brazier
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what his estimate is of the cost of the current phase of expansion of higher education in annual revenue terms. [147562]

§ Alan Johnson
Funding for higher education in England between 2002–03 and 2005–06 was set out in the White Paper, "The Future of Higher Education" (Cm 5735), published in January 2003. The overall funding for higher education—including the costs of expansion—will increase by 31 per cent. between those years from £7,596 million to £9,918 million.