HC Deb 09 May 1994 vol 243 cc22-3W
Mr. Llwyd

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish for each county and for Wales as a whole how many students receiving further education receive repayments from the further education access fund; and if he will make a statement.

Sir Wyn Roberts

Access funds are allocated to individual further and higher education institutions. Returns from institutions show that the number of students on further education courses who received payments from the access funds in 1992–93 were:

Institution Number of students
North East Wales Institute of Higher Education 168
Llandrillo Technical College 178
Welsh College of Horticulture 11

Institution Number of students
Llysfasi College 8
Carmarthen College of Technology and Art 30
Pembrokeshire College 41
Coleg Ceredigion 27
Welsh Agriculture College 1
Trinity College
Gwent Tertiary College 320
Gwent College of Higher Education 16
Gwynedd Technical College 79
Coleg Pencraig 31
Coleg Meirion-Dwyfor 16
Coleg Normal Bangor
Merthyr Tydfil College 58
Aberdare College 63
Bridgend College 22
Rhondda College 10
Ystrad Mynach College 104
Pontypridd College 117
Pencoed College 8
University of Glamorgan
Coleg Powys 49
Welsh College of Music and Drama
Cardiff Institute of Higher Education 11
Coleg Glan Hafren 67
Barry College of FE 67
Swansea Institute of Higher Education 5
Swansea College 15
Gorseinon College 4
Neath College 11
Afan College 11
Coleg Harlech 53