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Baroness Howe of Idlicote

asked Her Majesty's Government:

To which statutory and other organisations United Kingdom universities are accountable; and to which they must apply for specific higher education funding or grants; and [HL4059]

What are the staffing levels and annual cost of each statutory and other organisation to which United Kingdom universities are accountable or have to apply for funding. [HL4060]

Baroness Ashton of Upholland

UK universities are autonomous institutions accountable as employers, corporate bodies and as providers of teaching and research to many different stakeholders, depending on the nature of their activities. Higher education institutions arc under no obligation to apply for public funding to support the provision of teaching and research. Should they choose to do so, the bulk of funding, and so accountabilities, is delivered through the funding councils and the research councils with the Arts and Humanities Research Board. Annual costs

Income from £3,000 fee (£million)
English Institution 2001–02 Student

Numbers

 2001–02 Student

Numbers + 5%

 2001–02 Student

Numbers + 10%
Cranfield University 1.70 1.79 1.87
Bishop Grosseteste College 2.42 2.54 2.66
Buckinghamshire College of HE 16.37 17.19 18.00
Central School of Speech and Drama 1.20 1.26 1.32
Chester College of HE 12.99 13.64 14.29
Canterbury Christ Church College 14.83 15.57 16.32
York St John College 9.49 9.96 10.43
College of St Mark and St John 5.93 6.23 6.53
Darlington College of Arts 1.22 1.29 1.35
Edge Hill College of HE 14.27 14.99 15.70
Falmouth College of Arts 14.27 14.99 15.70
Harper Adams Agricultural College 3.65 3.83 4.02
Harper Adams Agricultural College 4.32 4.53 4.75
Homerton College 1.58 1.66 1.74
Kent Institute of Art and Design 4.58 4.80 5.03

and staffing levels for these bodies for 2003–04 are listed in the table below. (In Northern Ireland, the Department for Education and Learning is the main funding body for universities and other HE providers. It is not possible to provide relevant details of the staffing levels and annual budget concerned.)

Name of Body Staffing

(FTE)

 Cost

(£ million)
Higher Education Funding Council for England 244 15.3
Teacher Training Agency (England only) 200 12.4
Higher Education Funding Council for Wales 41 2.1
Scottish Higher Education Funding Council 63.5 3.5
Research Councils (UK) 1,068 60
AHRB (UK) 70 3.6

Lord Baker of Dorking

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What estimates they have made of' the revenue that would accrue to each of the English and Welsh universities in 2006 if fees of £3,000 per student were charged; and what revenue would accrue if each university charged the full amount to:

  1. (a) the number of students fully enrolled in the current academic year;
  2. (b) the number of students fully enrolled increased by 5 per cent; and
  3. (c) the number of students fully enrolled increased by 10 per cent. [HL4063]

Baroness Ashton of Upholland

We have no estimate of the revenue that would accrue to each of the English and Welsh universities in 2006 if fees of £3,000 per student were charged: that will depend on the number of students that each institution recruits; while we publish national level projections of student numbers, we do not break these down on an institution by institution basis. Moreover, the Welsh Assembly has decided not to introduce variable fees in 2006. The table below sets out the total revenue that would accrue from tuition fees of £3,000 for each English HE institution, obtained from full-time undergraduate student numbers for 2001–02, the latest year for which data is available, and uprated by 5 per cent and 10 per cent as requested.

Income from £3,000 fee (£million)
English Institution 2001–02 Student

Numbers

 2001–02 Student

Numbers + 5%

 2001–02 Student

Numbers + 10%
King Alfred's College, Winchester 9.04 9.49 9.94
Liverpool Hope 10.86 11.41 11.95
The London Institute 20.70 21.74 22.77
University of Luton 14.28 15.00 15.71
Nene College 19.86 20.87 21.86
Newman College 3.12 3.28 3.43
Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication 2.13 2.24 2.34
Roehampton Institute of HE 14.63 15.36 16.09
Rose Bruford College 1.50 1.58 1.65
Royal Academy of Music 0.75 0.79 0.83
Royal College of Music 0.91 0.96 1.00
Royal Northern Colleger of Music 1.16 1.22 1.27
Southampton Institute 23.06 24.21 25.36
St Martin's College 11.67 12.25 12.83
St Mary's College 6.15 6.46 6.77
Trinity and All Saints College 6.11 6.42 6.73
Surrey Institute of Art and Design 7.50 7.88 8.25
Worcester College of HE 9.52 9.99 10.47
Anglia Polytechnic University 26.49 27.81 29.l4
Bath College of HE 8.36 8.78 9.19
Bolton Institute of HE 8.39 8.81 9.23
Bournemouth University 25.76 27.04 28.33
The University of Brighton 26.67 28.01 29.34
The University of Central England in Birmingham 31.01 32.56 34.11
The University of Central Lancashire 37.96 39.86 41.76
University of Gloucestershire 16.53 17.36 18.19
London Guildhall University 21.60 22.68 23.76
Coventry University 30.40 31.92 33.44
University of Derby 23.45 24.62 25.80
The University of East London 20.29 21.31 22.32
The University of Greenwich 26.46 27.79 29.11
University of Hertfordshire 34.38 36.10 37.82
The University of Huddersfield 27.96 29.36 30.76
The University of Lincoln 20.45 21.47 22.50
Kingston University 31.60 33.18 34.76
Leeds Metropolitan University 37.59 39.47 41.35
Liverpool John Moores University 37.53 39.41 41.29
The Manchester Metropolitan University 54.98 57.72 60.47
Middlesex University 35.76 37.55 39.34
De Montfort University 43.02 45.17 47.32
The University of Northumbria at Newcastle 37.78 39.67 41.56
The University of North London 21.64 22.72 23.81
The Nottingham Trent University 41.07 43.12 45.17
Oxford Brookes University 23.07 24.22 25.37
The University of Plymouth 42.65 44.79 46.92
Sheffield Hallam University 30.85 32.39 33.94
South Bank University 45.99 48.29 50.59
Staffordshire University 22.24 23.35 24.46
Staffordshire University 30.38 31.90 33.42
The University of Sunderland 20.80 21.84 22.88
The University of Teesside 21.05 22.11 23.16
Thames Valley University 18.92 19.87 20.82
University of the West of England, Bristol 46.10 48.41 50.71
Chichester Institute of Higher Education 7.15 7.51 7.87
The University of Westminster 27.10 28.46 29.81
Wimbledon School of Art 1.31 1.37 1.44
The University of Wolverhampton 34.36 36.08 37.79
Aston University 14.48 15.21 15.93
The University of Bath 18.53 19.45 20.38
The University of Birmingham 40.81 42.85 44.89
The University of Bradford 17.19 18.05 18.91
The University of Bristol 28.07 29.47 30.87
Brunel University 27.16 28.52 29.87
The University of Cambridge 32.51 34.13 35.76
City University 14.07 14.77 15.48
University of Durham 27.62 29.00 30.38
The University of East Anglia 18.86 19.81 20.75
The University of Essex 13.24 13.90 14.56
The University of Exeter 20.80 21.84 22.88
The University of Hull 25.06 26.32 27.57
The University of Keele 13.44 14.11 14.78

Income from £3,000 fee (£million)
English Institution 2001–02 Student

Numbers

 2001–02 Student

Numbers + 5%

 2001–02 Student

Numbers + 10%
The University of Kent at Canterbury 19.64 20.63 21.61
The University of Lancaster 20.15 21.16 22.16
The University of Leeds 55.58 58.36 61.14
The University of Leicester 19.80 20.79 21.78
The University of Liverpool 32.85 34.49 36.13
Birbeck College 0.02 0.02 0.02
Goldsmiths College 10.11 10.62 11.12
Imperial College of Science, Technology & Medicine 18.10 19.00 19.91
Institute of Education, University of London 0.01 0.01 0.01
King's College London 30.42 31.94 33.47
London School of Economics and Political Science 6.01 6.31 6.61
Queen Mary and Westfield College 18.94 19.89 20.84
Royal Holloway and Bedford New College 10.69 11.23 11.76
The Royal Veterinary College 1.78 1.86 1.95
St George's Hospital Medical School 4.05 4.26 4.46
The School of Oriental and African Studies 4.22 4.43 4.64
The School of Pharmacy, University of London 1.47 1.54 1.61
University College London 29.41 30.88 32.35
University of London (Central Institutes and activities) 0.56 0.59 0.62
Loughborough University 27.05 28.40 29.75
The Victoria University of Manchester 42.19 44.30 46.41
The University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne 31.22 32.79 34.35
The University of Nottingham 35.69 37.48 39.28
The University of Oxford 32.24 33.86 35.47
The University or Reading 20.85 21.89 22.93
The University of Salford 35.51 37.29 39.07
The University of Sheffield 36.41 38.23 40.06
The University or Southampton 32.67 34.30 35.94
The University or Surrey 15.42 16.19 16.96
The University of Sussex 18.59 19.52 20.45
The University of Warwick 24.21 25.42 26.63
The University of York 17.62 18.50 19.38
The University of Manchester Institute of Science & Technology 11.78 12.37 12.96
Writtle College 2.83 2.97 3.11
Norwich School of Art and Design 2.01 2.11 2.21
Northern School of Contemporary Dance 0.40 0.42 0.44
Cumbria Institute of the Arts 2.48 2.61 2.73
Royal Agricultural College 1.22 1.28 1.34
The Arts Institute at Bournemouth 2.59 2.72 2.84
Conservatoire for Dance and Drama 0.72 0.76 0.79
Total 2346.91 2464.25 2581.60

The fee income is based on student numbers on designated undergraduate courses: first degree (Doctor. Dentist or Vet), first degree (QTS), first degree, enhanced first degree, first degree & diploma, intercalated first degree, foundation degree, diploma of HE, FIND and HNC. It assumes that no students will drop out and as a result pay only part of the maximum £3,000 fee.