§ Mr. HobanTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will place in the Library the written responses she has received to the Green Paper "Building on Success". [2593]
§ Mr. Timms[holding answer 9 July 2001]: A full list of respondents to the consultation exercise on the Green Paper will be placed in the Library before the end of the
All students Academic year 1998–991 1999–20001 Number of students (000s) Percentage of students Number of students (000s)2 Percentage of students Full student/parent/spouse contribution3,4 84 35 168 35 Partial student/parent/spouse contribution 49 20 94 20 Nil student/parent/spouse contribution5 108 45 215 45 11999–2000 data are provisional and as such may change. 2Student Support Scheme funding arrangements in higher education came into effect from the start of the 1998–99 academic year; 1999–2000 was the second year of the scheme accounting for the increase in student numbers. 3In 1998–99, includes students who withdrew from their course before the fee due data (and therefore no fee payment was made by Local Education Authorities). 4In 1998–99. includes an estimated 15,000 students who, because they did not expect to receive a contribution to their fees from public funds, did not make an application to their local authority. 5Includes students on courses where the fees were not subject to income-assessment (e.g. PGCE courses; and some other ITT courses; and some courses at private colleges). Source:
F503G Survey of LEAs in England and Wales.
754Wmonth. The list does not include responses that have requested anonymity.
I have asked officials to ensure that a full list is also sent to the hon. Member. Copies of any individual written responses from the list will be made available to Members on request.
The summary and analysis of the responses and the list of respondents will be available via the departmental website www.dfes.gov.uk before the end of the month.