§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list the unit of resource per full-time student at English universities in(a) cash, (b) real terms and (c) indexed to a base of 1989 = 100, in (i) 1989, (ii) 1992, (iii) 1997, (iv) 2000–01, (v) 2001–02 and estimated for (A) 2002–03 and (B) 2003–04. [154814]
§ Mr. WicksInformation relating to the unit of publicly planned funding per full-time equivalent student at higher education institutions in England is shown in the table:
Publicly planned funding per full-time equivalent higher education student in England (in £)1 in cash terms, and in real terms at 1989–90 prices Cash terms Real terms Real terms index Outturn 1989–90 5,350 5,350 100 1992–93 5,060 4,280 80 1997–98 4,580 3,410 64 Planned 2000–01 4,860 3,380 63 2001–02 5.020 3,410 64 2002–03 5,150 3,410 64 2003–04 5,290 3,420 64 1Unit funding per student is rounded to the nearest £5 The Government are investing an extra £1.7 billion in higher education in England over the six years to 2003–04. The increases in publicly planned funding announced last November coupled with planned increases in student numbers imply estimated real terms increases in funding per full-time equivalent student of 0.7 per cent., 0 per cent. and 0.4 per cent. over the next three years.