§ Mr. BradyTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many students have benefited from the exemption from tuition fees for Gap year students. [71801]
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§ Mr. MudieThe latest available figures from UCAS show that 18,960 UK domiciled students deferred entry to full-time and sandwich undergraduates courses from 1997 to 1998. However, not all of these students will necessarily have their fees paid as part of their mandatory award without reference to their income. The gap year concession applies only to those students who, by 1 August 1997, had received a firm offer of a place on a course deferred until 1998–99, or a conditional offer which was then confirmed when the student met the terms of that offer.