HC Deb 14 January 2004 vol 416 cc750-1W
John Barrett

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many people domiciled in(a) Scotland, (b) the City of Edinburgh local authority area and (c) the Edinburgh West parliamentary constituency are attending a (i) English and (ii) Welsh university. [142620]

Alan Johnson

Data for students who enter HE are not collated centrally by constituency. The latest available data are shown in the following table.

Domicile of student by location of institution 2001/02
Domicile Location of higher education institution England Wales
Scotland 26,456 672
City of Edinburgh 3,798 90

Source:

Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA).

Malcolm Bruce

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much income the university sector has earned from business in each year since 1997, broken down by university. [143135]

Alan Johnson

Details of the income of higher education institutions by source is published annually by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) in "Resources of Higher Education Institutions", copies of which are available in the House Library. Table 3 shows separately for each higher education institution income from UK industry, commerce and public corporations, although this does not include income from intellectual property rights which are shown separately in Table 4.

Mr. Donohoe

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many people from Cunninghame, South enrolled to study at a university in(a) 2001, (b) 2002 and (c) 2003; and how many failed to complete their course. [141929]

Alan Johnson

Enrolment figures at constituency level are not currently available. However, higher education enrolment figures from the county of North Ayrshire for the most recent three years are given in the table.

HE enrolments from North Ayrshire
Academic year Enrolments
1999/00 3,405
2000/01 3,366
2001/02 3,469

Source:

Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA).

Non-completion rates are published annually by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) in 'Performance Indicators in Higher Education' and cover home domiciled students starting full-time first degree courses. The latest figure covers students starting courses in 2000/01, shows that non-completion rates in the UK are 16 per cent. HEFCE do not publish non-completion rates by any geographical breakdown.