§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many students at the Universities of(a) Newcastle and (b) Northumbria at Newcastle took out (i) loans, (ii) grants, (iii) hardship funds and (iv) opportunity bursaries in each year since 1996; and what the total amount of money paid out was under each different scheme. [103418]
§ Margaret HodgeThe number of students domiciled in the UK attending University at(a) Newcastle and (b) Northumbria at Newcastle who have taken out a student loan, and the total amount of money borrowed, in academic years 1996–97 to 2001–02 (latest year available) is shown in the following tables:
287WData on the number of students in receipt of all types of maintenance grants at individual institution level are not collected centrally.
Hardship funds: Academic years 1996–97 to 2001–02 Academic year 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 Newcastle University Successful applicants 639 430 * 1,505 1,079 1,291 Total in payments (£) 192,106 160,812 * 591,886 562,848 714,368 University of Northumbria at Newcastle Successful applicants 776 448 558 729 900 750 Total in payments (£) 231,420 231,984 672,735 845,445 1,023,467 809,520 * Information for 1998–99 for Newcastle is unfortunately not retrievable
Opportunity Bursaries: Academic years 2001–02 and 2002–031 Academic year 2001–02 2002–03 Newcastle University Number of students with a bursary 59 110 Amount paid to students (£) 59,000 110,000 University of Northumbria at Newcastle Number of students with a bursary 62 151 Amount paid to students (£) *89,000 *199,500 * Includes payments to second year Opportunity Bursary award holders. 1 Opportunity Bursaries (only available since 2001–02)