New Opportunities Bursaries

HC Deb 18 March 2004 vol 419 c471W

Mr. Bercow

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many students in Buckingham have benefited from New Opportunities Bursaries. [161572]

Alan Johnson

Students on designated courses at the University of Buckingham are not eligible for Opportunity Bursaries.

Mr. Hoyle

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many students in Chorley have benefited from the New Opportunities Bursaries. [161603]

Alan Johnson

Information about Opportunity Bursaries is held at the level of institutions that provide higher education provision. Apart from that, it is not possible to extract from the data the number of awards for students in any given area. The only further education college in Chorley with higher education provision, Runshaw College, is not participating in the Opportunity Bursaries pilot; and nor have any students with an Opportunity Bursary transferred to Runshaw College.