§ Huw Irranca-DaviesTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skill what assessment he has made of whether the proposed reforms to the funding of higher education will affect the choice of place of study of(a) students residing in England and (b) students residing in Wales (i) during the period of this term of the Welsh Assembly Government when an opt-out applies in Wales and (ii) in a future term of the Welsh Assembly Government should it adopt comparable higher education reforms in Wales. [165424]
§ Alan JohnsonMy right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Education and Skills and I are in regular contact with the National Assembly on these issues. Data from the Higher Education Statistics Agency shows that the percentage of Welsh-domiciled full-time undergraduate students studying in Wales rose from 57 per cent. in 1997–8 to 62 per cent. in 2002–03: the proportion of English-domiciled full-time undergraduates studying in Wales has remained at 3 per cent. over the same period. All the evidence we have on sensitivity of demand to 637W raising and deferring a fee of up to £3,000 suggests the impact of higher fees on these trends is unlikely to be significant. If the Higher Education Bill currently before Parliament proceeds to Royal Assent, future decisions on tuition fees will be for the National Assembly. The Assembly has already committed to providing Welsh students who study in England with a package of financial support that is similar to that available to English students, including fee deferral and a grant worth up to £2,700 for low income students.
§ Mr. LazarowiczTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many students from England attended higher education institutions in Scotland in each academic year since 2000–01. [164892]
§ Alan JohnsonFigures for the number of English domiciled, full time, undergraduates enrolled at Scottish HE institutions are given in the table.
English domiciled full time undergraduates at Scottish HE institutions Academic Year Enrolments 2000–01 14,723 2001–02 14,841 2002–03 14,291 Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency
Table 3.8 Fundingl per Student2 in Higher Education, 1996–97 to 2005–06 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 actual actual actual actual actual provisional plans plans plans Funding per student' Real terms (£) Real terms index4 5,050 5,050 5,040 4,980 5,020 5,020 5,150 5,190 5,340 100 100 100 99 99 99 102 103 106 1 Publicly planned funding on higher education institutions in England includes block grants from the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) and the Teacher Training Agency, and public and private contributions towards the costs of tuition. 2 Full-time equivalent students 3 The maximum student contribution to fees in 2002–3 is "£1,100. This forms part of the funding above and represents between 20 and 25 per cent. of the average costs of a course. 4 Real terms index has been based with 1 197-98 set as 100 and using the April 2003 gross domestic product deflators.
§ Chris GraylingTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will list the individual public sector budgets from which grants have been made to higher education institutions in the past two financial years. [166688]
§ Alan JohnsonIn the last two years, higher education institutions in England have received public funding from the Higher Education Funding Council for England, the Teacher Training Agency; the Learning Skills Council; the Student Loans Company; local authorities; the Office of Science and Technology; the Research Councils; the Arts and Humanities Research Board; other Government departments, which commission research or buy services from HEIs, (including the Department of Health, Department for Education and Skills and the Ministry of Defence), and from the European Union, for example from European Social Funds.
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§ Mr. LazarowiczTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many students from Scotland attended higher education institutions in England in each academic year since 2000–01. [164893]
§ Alan JohnsonFigures for the number of Scottish domiciled, full time, undergraduates enrolled at English HE institutions are given in the table.
Scottish domiciled full time undergraduates at English HE institutions Academic year Enrolments 2000–01 5,802 2001–02 5,891 2002–03 5,950 Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency
§ Chris GraylingTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the level of public spending per student in higher education will be in the current financial year and each of the two subsequent financial years. [166687]
§ Alan JohnsonThe table as follows, published in our 2003 Departmental Report, shows publicly planned funding per student to 2005–06. Spending on higher education in 2005–06 will be reconfirmed, and the budgets for 2006–07 and 2007–07 will be set, once the spending review settlement announced on 17 March has been allocated within the Department.