§ Mr. WigleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what overall average amount of funding per student English universities received in each of the last four years. [142587]
§ Mr. WicksThe publicly planned funding per full-time equivalent higher education student in England is published annually in the departmental report for the Department of Education and Employment. The table shows the publicly 25W planned funding per full-time equivalent higher education student in England, at 1999–2000 prices. Unit funding per student rounded to the nearest £5 is:
£ 1989–90 7,620 1990–91 6,935 1991–92 6,585 1992–93 6,090 1993–94 5,745 1994–95 5,585 1995–96 5,335 1996–97 4,980 1997–98 4,845 1998–99 4,820 1999–2000 4,785 2000–01 4,750 The rate of decrease slowed appreciably in the last four years, and my right hon. Friend announced on 18 July that for the first time in over a decade there will be a real-terms increase in funding per student in 2001–02, which will be sustained in the following two years.