§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment which local authority areas in England and Wales will be eligible for the take up of opportunity bursaries in October 2001; and what will be the individual eligibility for students from those areas to receive such bursaries. [145257]
§ Mr. Wicks[holding answer 15 January 2001]: As my right hon. Friend announced last September, Opportunity Bursaries in England are being piloted initially for students studying at state schools and colleges in Excellence in Cities Phase 1 and 2 areas, which includes Newcastle upon Tyne. The Bursaries, worth £2,000 each over three years, will be awarded by higher education institutions, all of which have been given guidance from the Department for this purpose. The Bursaries are intended to improve access for bright young students from poorer backgrounds, where there is little or no family connection with, or experience of, higher education.
Eligibility for Opportunity Bursaries in Wales is a matter for the National Assembly.
§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many mature students received bursaries for childcare and travel in 2000–01; from which local education authority areas those students came; and which universities those students attended. [145256]
§ Mr. Wicks[holding answer 15 January 2001]: The table shows the number of bursaries awarded to mature students at higher education institutions (HEIs) in England in 2000–01 for childcare and other course-related costs, as at 31 October 2000. The bursaries have been a success and we expect a full take-up by students. HEIs received 80 per cent. of the total funding available for such bursaries in September 2000. 20 per cent. was held back to take account of students who entered universities through clearing and expected numbers of students whose courses did not start until later in the year, and will shortly be allocated by the Higher Education Funding Council. HEIs have not collected information on the local education authority areas from which students who have received these bursaries come. The number of bursaries given out by Welsh institutions is a matter for the National Assembly for Wales.
We are introducing a package of measures this autumn including a Childcare Grant based on actual costs of up to £100 per week. Bursaries for mature students will continue for those ineligible for the Childcare Grant.
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Institution Number of bursaries Universities Anglia Polytechnic University 226 Aston University 24 University of Bath 34 Birkbeck College 0 University of Birmingham 133 Bournemouth University 73 328W
Institution Number of bursaries University of Bradford 57 University of Brighton 162 University of Bristol 57 Brunel University 121 University of Cambridge 18 University of Central England 148 University of Central Lancashire 288 City University 3 Coventry University 56 De Montfort University 303 University of Derby 169 University of Durham 90 University of East Anglia 48 University of East London 454 University of Essex 31 University of Exeter 69 Goldsmiths College 123 University of Greenwich 248 University of Hertfordshire 143 University of Huddersfield 67 University of Hull 96 Imperial College 0 Keele University 50 University of Kent at Canterbury 52 King's College London 36 Kingston University 122 Lancaster University 62 University of Leeds 41 Leeds Metropolitan University 196 University of Leicester 13 University of Lincolnshire and Humberside 124 University of Liverpool 88 Liverpool John Moores University 314 London Guildhall University 122 Loughborough University 25 University of Luton 112 University of Manchester 92 UMIST 0 Manchester Metropolitan University 352 Middlesex University 577 University of Newcastle upon Tyne 27 University of North London 226 University of Northumbria at Newcastle 111 University of Nottingham 11 Nottingham Trent University 225 Open University 0 University of Oxford 10 Oxford Brookes University 72 University of Plymouth 306 University of Portsmouth 166 Queen Mary and Westfield College 52 University of Reading 77 Royal Holloway, University of London 14 University of Salford 148 University of Sheffield 130 Sheffield Hallam University 306 University of Southampton 48 South Bank University 129 Staffordshire University 231 University of Sunderland 180 University of Surrey 8 University of Sussex 131 University of Teesside 276 Thames Valley University 235 University College London 22 University of Warwick 79 University of West of England, Bristol 194 University of Westminster 50 University of Wolverhampton 311 University of York 81
Institution Number of bursaries General colleges Bath Spa University College 180 Bolton Institute of Higher Education 115 Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College 74 Canterbury Christ Church University College 107 Cheltenham and Gloucester College of HE 102 Chester College of Higher Education 65 University College Chichester 96 Edge Hill College of Higher Education 110 King Alfred's College, Winchester 39 Liverpool Hope 96 University College Northampton 71 College of Ripon and York St. John 47 St. Mary's College 10 Southampton Institute 107 University of Surrey Roehampton 143 University College Worcester 80 Specialist colleges Bishop Grosseteste College 5 Bretton Hall 73 Central School of Speech and Drama 8 Cranfield University 6 Cumbria College of Art and Design 13 Dartington College of Arts 6 Institute of Education 0 Falmouth College of Arts 0 Harper Adams University College 2 Homerton College, Cambridge 18 Kent Institute of Art and Design 4 University of London—Institutes and Activities 0 London Business School 0 London School of Economics and Political Science 0 London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine 0 The London Institute 81 Newman College 60 Northern School of Contemporary Dance 1 Norwich School of Art and Design 13 School of Oriental and African Studies 35 School of Pharmacy 0 Ravensbourne College 9 RCN Institute 0 Rose Bruford College 4 Royal Academy of Music 3 Royal College of Art 0 Royal College of Music 0 Royal Northern College of Music 2 Royal Veterinary College 0 St. George's Hospital Medical School 10 College of St. Mark and St. John 118 St. Martin's College 90 The Surrey Inst of Art & Design University College 13 Trinity and All Saints 32 Trinity College of Music 1 Wimbledon School of Art 0 Writtle College 9 Total 11,533