HC Deb 11 March 2002 vol 381 cc764-9W
Mr. Cousins

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what proportion of students in each(a) LEA in England and (b) Government office region of England, were wholly or partially exempt from the payment of university tuition fees in academic year 2001–02. [40558]

Margaret Hodge

In England and Wales, under the student support scheme, students and their families only make a contribution towards their tuition fees if they can afford to do so. Students are assessed on family income.

Data on student support for 2001–02 are not yet available. The proportion of students in each LEA and Government office region of England in academic year 1999–2000, the latest year for which data are available, are shown in the following table.

Proportion of students in each education authority in England making contributions towards fees1 Academic year 1999–2000
Number of students contribution to fees Percentage of students contribution to fees:
Nil student/parent/spouse2 Part student/parent/spouse Full student/parent/spouse Nilstudent/parent/spouse2 Part student/parent/spouse Full student/parent/spouse
Corporation of London 17 5 12 50 15 35
Camden 1,035 115 447 65 7 28
Greenwich 991 248 414 60 15 25
Hackney 1,541 151 140 84 8 8
Hammersmith and Fulham 695 125 286 63 11 26
Islington 1,015 211 259 68 14 17
Kensington and Chelsea 832 129 100 78 12 9
Lambeth3 *— *— *— *— *— *—
Lewisham3 *— *— *— *— *— *—
Southwark 1,413 187 297 74 10 16
Tower Hamlets 1,365 68 73 91 5 5
Wandsworth 1,226 242 572 60 12 28
City of Westminster3 *— *— *— *— *— *—
Barking and Dagenham 467 127 86 69 19 13
Barnet 1,647 621 1,482 44 17 40
Bexley 591 297 534 42 21 38
Brent 1,883 705 581 59 22 18
Bromley3 *— *— *— *— *— *—
Croydon3 *— *— *— *— *— *—
Ealing 1,730 679 971 51 20 29
Enfield 1,283 494 1,047 45 17 37
Haringey3 *— *— *— *— *— *—
Harrow3 1,169 694 1,181 38 23 39
Havering3 *— *— *— *— *— *—
Hillingdon3 *— *— *— *— *— *—
Hounslow 1,301 547 190 64 27 9
Kingston upon Thames3 *— *— *— *— *— *—
Merton 724 284 647 44 17 39
Newham 423 62 23 83 12 5
Redbridge 1,222 507 905 46 19 34
Richmond-upon-Thames 1,187 386 210 67 22 12
Sutton3 465 259 719 32 18 50
Waltham Forest3 *— *— *— *— *— *—
Birmingham 4,768 1,425 1,537 62 18 20
Coventry 1,301 561 709 51 22 28
Dudley 917 597 701 41 27 32
Sandwell 993 453 347 55 25 19
Solihull 608 367 1,114 29 18 53
Walsall 927 445 496 50 24 27
Wolverhampton 1,243 462 556 55 20 25
Knowsley 601 188 158 63 20 17
Liverpool 2,317 695 572 65 19 16
St. Helens 647 422 524 41 26 33
Sefton 1,476 649 1,155 45 20 35
Wirral 1,339 750 1,175 41 23 36
Bolton3 *— *— *— *— *— *—
Bury 868 371 635 46 20 34
Manchester 2,296 366 418 75 12 14
Oldham 930 315 447 55 19 26
Rochdale 970 367 702 48 18 34
Salford 542 232 369 47 20 32
Stockport3 *— *— *— *— *— *—
Tameside 740 305 347 53 22 25
Trafford3 *— *— *— *— *— *—
Wigan 1,048 643 733 43 27 30
Barnsley 637 294 227 55 25 20
Doncaster 856 421 615 45 22 33
Rotherham 753 433 469 45 26 28
Sheffield3 *— *— *— *— *— *—
Bradford 2,334 738 1,082 56 18 26
Calderdale 841 328 556 49 19 32
Kirklees 1,660 634 1,093 49 19 32
Leeds3 *— *— *— *— *— *—
Wakefield 784 436 694 41 23 36
Gateshead 783 319 385 53 21 26
Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1,093 440 680 49 20 31
North Tyneside 758 382 631 43 22 36
South Tyneside 599 416 135 52 36 12
Sunderland 1,007 408 553 51 21 28
Isles of Scilly 8 5 8 38 24 38

Proportion of students in each education authority in England making contributions towards fees1Academic year 1999–2000
Number of students contribution to fees Percentage of Students contribution to fees:
Nil student/parent/spouse Part student/parent/spouse2 Full student/parent/spouse Nil student/parent/spouse Part student/parent/spouse2 Full student/parent/spouse
Bath and North East Somerset 605 267 701 38 17 45
Bristol City 1,459 436 860 53 16 31
North Somerset 539 321 759 33 20 47
South Gloucestershire 609 375 867 33 20 47
Hartlepool 328 124 157 54 20 26
Middlesbrough 590 246 381 48 20 31
Redcar and Cleveland 449 221 332 45 22 33
Stockton-on-Tees 637 311 550 43 21 37
Kingston upon Hull (Hull City) 825 231 213 65 18 17
East Riding 1,206 640 1,143 40 21 38
North East Lincolnshire 576 274 352 48 23 29
North Lincolnshire 609 308 439 45 23 32
North Yorkshire 2,392 1,142 1,975 43 21 36
York City 551 311 587 38 21 41
Bedfordshire 1,119 672 1,705 32 19 49
Luton 856 311 375 56 20 24
Buckinghamshire3 *— *— *— *— *— *—
Milton Keynes3 *— *— *— *— *— *—
Derbyshire 2,245 1,274 2,139 40 23 38
City of Derby 999 405 562 51 21 29
Dorset3 *— *— *— *— *— *—
Poole 458 235 411 41 21 37
Bournemouth 685 209 221 61 19 20
Durham 1,670 855 1,260 44 23 33
Darlington 419 283 171 48 32 20
East Sussex 1,356 684 1,465 39 20 42
Brighton and Hove 1,080 239 573 57 13 30
Hampshire 3,468 1,942 5,757 31 17 52
Portsmouth 754 224 309 59 17 24
Southampton 712 295 545 46 19 35
Leicestershire 1,778 1,220 2,260 34 23 43
Leicester City 1,649 604 374 63 23 14
Rutland III 70 187 30 19 51
Staffordshire 2,595 1,644 2,531 38 24 37
Stoke-on-Trent 751 280 261 58 22 20
Wiltshire 1,631 282 2,082 41 7 52
Swindon 475 235 481 40 20 40
Bracknell Forest 203 135 460 25 17 58
Windsor and Maidenhead 311 191 842 23 14 63
West Berkshire 294 211 782 23 16 61
Reading 363 159 420 39 17 45
Slough 483 201 274 50 21 29
Wokingham 323 231 1,043 20 14 65
Cambridgeshire 1,544 882 2,496 31 18 51
Peterborough 564 276 475 43 21 36
Cheshire3 *— *— *— *— *— *—
Halton 438 210 266 48 23 29
Warrington3 *— *— *— *— *— *—
Devon 3,300 1,242 1,719 53 20 27
Plymouth 1,170 416 501 56 20 24
Torbay 612 220 234 57 21 22
Essex 3,041 1,608 4,650 33 17 50
Southend 488 193 421 44 18 38
Thurrock 235 136 205 41 24 36
Herefordshire 685 349 522 44 22 34
Worcestershire 1,794 1,101 2,172 35 22 43
Kent 4,163 2,196 3,821 41 22 38
Medway 637 439 585 38 26 35
Lancashire 5,189 2,119 3,527 48 20 33
Blackburn 832 195 254 65 15 20
Blackpool 578 214 178 60 22 18
Nottinghamshire 2,097 1,363 2,435 36 23 41
Nottingham *— *— *— *— *— *—
Shropshire 1,113 583 1,007 41 22 37
The Wrekin 548 231 398 47 20 34
Cornwall 2,615 991 956 57 22 21
Cumbria *— *— *— *— *— *—
Gloucestershire 3,275 519 1,492 62 10 28
Hertfordshire3 *— *— *— *— *— *—
Isle of Wight 577 255 278 52 23 25

Proportion of students in each education authority in England making contributions towards fees1Academic year 1999–2000
Number of students contribution to fees Percentage of Students contribution to fees:
Nil student/parent/spouse Part student/parent/spouse2 Full student/parent/spouse Nil student/parent/spouse Part student/parent/spouse2 Full student/parent/spouse
Lincolnshire 2,056 1,158 1,850 41 23 37
Norfolk 2,303 1.178 1,869 43 22 35
Northamptonshire 1,889 1,152 2,160 36 22 42
Northumberland 1,158 619 1,229 39 21 41
Oxfordshire 1,592 1,030 1,642 37 24 39
Somerset 1,719 1,077 1,561 39 25 36
Suffolk 2,081 1,204 2,011 39 23 38
Surrey 2,497 1,469 6,195 25 14 61
Warwickshire3 *— *— *— *— *— *—
West Sussex3 *— *— *— *— *— *—
Regional Summary4
North East 9,491 4,624 6,464 46 22 31
North West 20,811 8,041 11,460 52 20 28
Yorkshire and Humberside 14,024 6,190 9,445 47 21 32
East Midlands 12,824 7,246 11,967 40 23 37
West Midlands 18,243 8,498 12,351 47 22 32
South West 19,160 6,830 12,853 49 18 33
East of England 12,231 6,460 14,207 37 20 43
London 24,222 7,143 11,176 57 17 26
South East 18,813 9,901 24,991 35 18 47
England5 216,107 96,140 166,681 45 20 35
1 Assessed by local education authorities to students normally domiciled in their area.
2 Includes 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).
3 Not all LEAs were able to provide full and accurate data in 1999–2000 on student support.
4 Care must be taken when comparing regional data as these are based on only those authorities able to provide full and accurate fees information and no allowance has been made for the missing authorities.
* Data not available

Source:

F503G Student Support Survey