§ Bob SpinkTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what estimate he has made of the average cost to a student of the decision to undertake higher education, taking into account(a) loss of potential earnings while a full time student and (b) all other costs associated with the decision. [147600]
§ Alan JohnsonMy officials have estimated that the average net present cost1 of participating in a three-year HE course, starting in 2001–02, is around £29,000 (in 2001 prices). The figure includes:
- (a) direct costs—i.e. contribution towards tuition fees (net of fee remission paid by Government), maintenance support from the family, and Government student loan repayments —of around £12,000 and
- (b)indirect costs—i.e. foregone earnings whilst in HE net of earnings whilst studying of around £ 17,000.
In undiscounted cash terms, the direct and indirect average costs are around £13,600 and £18,000 respectively. The estimate is based on a hypothetical average individual entering HE at the age of 18, and the costs are averaged across all students.
1 Discounted at 3.5 per cent.
§ Mrs. EllmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what estimate he has made of the proportion of people in Liverpool who have received higher education in each of the last 10 years. [150151]
§ Alan JohnsonThe latest available information is shown in the table. Figures for earlier years are not held centrally.
Proportion of 18-year-olds from Liverpool local education authority who were accepted for entry to full-time undergraduate courses via the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) Year of entry Proportion 1994 12.7 1995 14.7 1996 13.4 1997 13.9 1998 14.0 1999 15.9 2000 16.3 2001 17.5 2002 18.2