§ James PurnellTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much public funding has been spent on higher education in Stalybridge and Hyde in each of the last seven years. [168752]
§ Alan JohnsonThe only publicly funded institution providing higher education in Stalybridge and Hyde is Tameside college. The amounts of public funding spent in the years in which figures are available are shown in the following table. Expenditure was by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) and by the Student Loans Company (SLC). The latter relates only to spending on tuition fees, student loans (cash cost) and the dependants grant. Data prior to 1999–2000 are not available. The figures for student support do not include spending on other additional grants, namely, disabled students allowance, care leavers grant and travel grant. These were paid through local education authorities, up to 2003–04, and the figures are not held centrally.
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£000 Academic year HEFCE funding SLC funding 999/2000 455 336.1 2000/01 562 363.4 2001/02 636 431 2002/03 670 495.3 2003/04 724 n/a In addition, institutions located outside Stalybridge and Hyde may be undertaking activities in the area, for example outreach to raise the attainment and aspirations of potential higher education entrants, or
Pupils achieving Level 4+: Mathematics Pupils achieving Level 4+: English Stalybridge and Hyde England Stalybridge arid Hyde England Number Percentage Percentage Number Percentage Percentage 2003 855 71 73 893 74 75 2002 902 72 73 904 72 75 2001 875 71 71 914 74 75 2000 904 70 72 933 72 75 1999 824 64 69 861 67 71 1998 667 53 59 740 58 65 1997 650 54 62 695 58 63