Higher Education (Hansard, 10 May 2004)

§ Mr. Meacher
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much public funding has been spent on higher education in Oldham, West and Royton in each of the last seven years. [170924]

§ Alan Johnson
The only publicly funded institution providing higher education in Oldham, West and Royton is Oldham College. The amounts of public funding spent in the years for which figures are available are shown in the table below. Expenditure was by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) and by the Students 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 Allowances, Care Leavers Grant and Travel Grant. These were paid through local education authorities, up to 2003/04, and figures are not held centrally.
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£000

Academic year HEFCE funding SLC funding

1997–98 275 n/a

1998–99 422 n/a

1999–2000 908 409.1

2000–01 1,100 653.8

2001–02 1,300 926.1

2002–03 1,400 1,094.7

2003–04 1,600 n/a

In addition, institutions located outside Oldham, West and Royton may be undertaking activities in the area, for example outreach to raise the attainment and aspirations of potential higher education entrants, or special arrangements with schools and colleges to improve progression into higher education. This information is not held centrally.

§ Mr. Pike
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much public funding has been spent on higher education in Burnley in each of the last seven years. [167930]

§ Alan Johnson
The only publicly funded institution providing higher education in Burnley is Burnley College. The amounts of public funding spent in academic years and for 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).

£000

1999/2000 2000/01

HEFCE funding¹ 134 n/a

SLC expenditure² 0 4.1

¹The 1999/2000 figure is the Basic Teaching Grant from HEFCE. Burnley College transferred their directly funded numbers to the University of Central Lancashire (UCLAN) as from 2000/01 and HEFCE do not hold information on the amount of funding passed by UCLAN to Burnley College in respect of students covered by their franchise arrangements. Figures for HNC and HND provision funded via the Further Education Funding Council prior to 1999/2000 are not held centrally.

²Expenditure by the Student Loans Company includes fees, loans (cash costs) and the Dependants Grant. Data prior to 1999/2000 are not available. Expenditure information on other grants (Disabled Students' Allowances, Care Leavers' Grant and Travel Grant) that were, until 2003/04, paid through local education authorities is not held centrally.

§ Mr. Neil Turner
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much public funding has been spent on higher education in Wigan in each of the last seven years. [169288]

§ Alan Johnson
The only publicly funded institution providing higher education in Wigan is Wigan and Leigh College. The amounts of public funding spent in academic years and for 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).
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£million

HEFCE funding¹ SLC expenditure²

1997/98 0.951 n/a

1998/99 1.2 n/a

1999/2000 2.1 1.407

2000/01 1.934 1.098

2001/02 1.935 0.971

2002/03 1.621 0.935

2003/04 1.611 n/a

¹This is the Basic Teaching Grant from HEFCE.

²SLC expenditure includes fees, loans (cash costs) and the Dependants Grant. Data prior to 1999/2000 and for 2003/04 is not available. Expenditure information on other grants (Disabled Students' Allowances, Care Leavers' Grant and Travel Grant) paid through local education authorities until 2003/04 is not available.

£000
Academic year	HEFCE funding	SLC funding
1997–98	275	n/a
1998–99	422	n/a
1999–2000	908	409.1
2000–01	1,100	653.8
2001–02	1,300	926.1
2002–03	1,400	1,094.7
2003–04	1,600	n/a

£000
	1999/2000	2000/01
HEFCE funding¹	134	n/a
SLC expenditure²	0	4.1
¹The 1999/2000 figure is the Basic Teaching Grant from HEFCE. Burnley College transferred their directly funded numbers to the University of Central Lancashire (UCLAN) as from 2000/01 and HEFCE do not hold information on the amount of funding passed by UCLAN to Burnley College in respect of students covered by their franchise arrangements. Figures for HNC and HND provision funded via the Further Education Funding Council prior to 1999/2000 are not held centrally.
²Expenditure by the Student Loans Company includes fees, loans (cash costs) and the Dependants Grant. Data prior to 1999/2000 are not available. Expenditure information on other grants (Disabled Students' Allowances, Care Leavers' Grant and Travel Grant) that were, until 2003/04, paid through local education authorities is not held centrally.

£million
	HEFCE funding¹	SLC expenditure²
1997/98	0.951	n/a
1998/99	1.2	n/a
1999/2000	2.1	1.407
2000/01	1.934	1.098
2001/02	1.935	0.971
2002/03	1.621	0.935
2003/04	1.611	n/a
¹This is the Basic Teaching Grant from HEFCE.
²SLC expenditure includes fees, loans (cash costs) and the Dependants Grant. Data prior to 1999/2000 and for 2003/04 is not available. Expenditure information on other grants (Disabled Students' Allowances, Care Leavers' Grant and Travel Grant) paid through local education authorities until 2003/04 is not available.