HC Deb 02 April 1990 vol 170 cc421-3W
Mr. Win Griffiths

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many undergraduate students in each local authority area received discretionary awards;

England and Wales—1987–88
Mandatory and HE discretionary award-holders1 HE discretionary award-holders1 Percentage in receipt of an HE discretionary award
Local Education Authority
Barking 343 36 10
Barnet 4,023 204 5
Bexley 1,303 50 4
Brent 2,811 185 7
Bromley 3,115 164 5
Croydon 3,071 128 4
Ealing 2,713 247 9
Enfield 2,137 19 1
Haringey 1,923 132 7
Harrow 2,539 106 4
Havering 1,198 67 6
Hillingdon 1,590 83 5
Hounslow 1,625 45 3
Kingston-Upon-Thames 1,438 83 6
Merton 1,631 63 4
Newham 1,164 83 7
Redbridge 1,878 75 4
Richmond-Upon-Thames 2,082 119 6
Sutton 1,385 27 2
Waltham Forest 1,169 84 7
ILEA 22,908 6,033 26
Birmingham 7,327 368 5
Coventry 2,586 143 6
Dudley 1,941 47 2
Sandwell 1,368 110 8
Solihull 2,208 94 4
Walsall 1,825 83 5
Wolverhampton 1,941 82 4
Knowsley 800 26 3
Liverpool 3,580 126 4
St. Helens 1,444 47 3
Sefton 3,462 99 3
Wirral 3,523 13 0
Bolton 2,361 137 6
Bury 1,870 133 7
Manchester 3,035 259 9
Oldham 1,437 36 3
Rochdale 1,394 42 3
Salford 1,242 92 7
Stockport 3,448 200 6
Tameside 1,221 69 6
Trafford 2,763 130 5
Wigan 2,256 159 7
Barnsley 1,260 39 3
Doncaster 1,924 101 5
Rotherham 1,667 51 3
Sheffield 3,864 305 8
Bradford 3,412 518 15
Calderdale 1,388 78 6
Kirklees 3,201 392 12
Leeds 5,198 237 5
Wakefield 1,878 77 4
Gateshead 1,147 38 3
Newcastle-Upon-Tyne 2,132 122 6
North Tyneside 1,516 79 5
South Tyneside 1,028 64 6
Sunderland 1,803 126 7
Isles of Scilly 28 1 4
Avon 8,377 734 9
Bedfordshire 4,170 339 8
Berkshire 7,127 214 3
Buckinghamshire 6,865 235 3
Cambridgeshire 5,263 189 4

and what percentage they formed of all undergraduates in receipt of awards in the last year for which figures are available.

Mr. Jackson

[holding answer 30 March 1990]: The information requested is as follows:

Mandatory and HE discretionary award-holders1 HE discretionary award-holders1 Percentage in receipt of an HE discretionary award
Cheshire 10,186 414 4
Cleveland 4,458 249 6
Cornwall 3,547 151 4
Cumbria 3,567 97 3
Derbyshire 6,410 209 3
Devon 7,917 505 6
Dorset 4,745 289 6
Durham 3,916 175 4
East Sussex 5,302 196 4
Essex 10,374 500 5
Gloucestershire 4,921 304 6
Hampshire 13,970 1,909 14
Hereford and Worcester 5,501 413 8
Hertfordshire 10,352 589 6
Humberside 6,125 502 8
Isle of Wight 856 49 6
Kent 12,102 793 7
Lancashire 13,528 1,098 8
Leicestershire 7,411 312 4
Lincolnshire 4,298 52 1
Norfolk 4,628 539 12
North Yorkshire 7,616 328 4
Northamptonshire 3,582 218 6
Nothumberland 2,543 153 6
Nottinghamshire 6,723 476 7
Oxfordshire 5,517 226 4
Shropshire 3,443 146 4
Somerset 3,582 165 5
Staffordshire 8,065 622 8
Suffolk 4,064 215 5
Surrey 12,356 562 5
Warwickshire 6,894 158 2
West Sussex 5,808 247 4
Wiltshire 4,273 254 6
Clwyd 3,508 102 3
Dyfed 3,756 510 14
Gwent 3,819 268 7
Gwynedd 2,782 25 1
Mid-Glamorgan 3,438 4 0
Powys 1,040 52 5
South Glamorgan 4,357 400 9
West Glamorgan 3,529 310 9
England and Wales 423,135 29,253 7
1 Excludes award-holders on postgraduate courses.