§ Mr. Win GriffithsTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many students in higher education in Wales have received(a) mandatory and (b) discretionary grants in each of the last five years; what percentage of students this represents in each case; and what is the annual average amount of the grant in each case in each of the last five years. [19921]
§ Mr. ForthThe information requested for the academic years 1989–90 to 1993–94, the latest year for which data are available, is given in the following table. Since 1990–91, eligible students have also had access to non means-tested student loans. It is not possible to say what percentage of students received awards because some awards are made to students in private institutions for which population data are not available. The number of full-time and sandwich students in the final column is therefore given for illustration only.
Number of staff by grade Date Grade 7 engineer Grade 6 engineer Senior professional and technology officer 1 January1991 1 0 2 1 January 1992 1 0 1 1 January 1993 1 0 1 1 January 1994 1 0 1 1 January 1995 0 1 1 1 January 1996 0 1 1 There are other professionally qualified engineers and scientists working in mainstream grades, but information on these staff is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
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