Higher Education (Preston) (Hansard, 12 May 2004)

§ Alan Johnson

The only publicly funded institutions providing higher education in Preston are Preston College and the University of Central Lancashire (UCLAN). The amounts of public funding spent in academic years for which figures are available are shown in the table. Expenditure was by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), and by the Student Loans Company (SLC).

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£ million
	1997/98	1998/99	1999/2000	2000/01	2001/02	2002/03	2003/04
HEFCE funding of the University of Central Lancashire²	33	37.5	41	42	45	47.5	50
HEFCE funding of Preston College³	n/a	n/a	64¹	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Total SLC expenditure⁴	n/a	n/a	21.62	30.8	37.11	40.01	n/a
¹ Thousand
² These figures represent the Basic Teaching and Research Grant. In addition, the University has received an additional £42 million over the seven years for various activities and initiatives, including:Funding for Teaching and Learning; the Collaborative Research Scheme; Higher Education Reach Out to Business and the Community; Restructuring Funds; Inherited Liabilities; Poor Estates; Project Capital; Access Funds; Teachers' Pension Scheme; and New Technology Institutes.
³ The 1999/2000 figure is the Basic Teaching Grant from HEFCE. Preston College transferred their directly funded student numbers to the University of Central Lancashire from 00/01 and HEFCE do not hold information on the amount of funding passed by UCLAN to Preston College in connection with students studying at the College under their franchise arrangements. Figures for HNC and HND provision funded via the Further Education Funding Council prior to 1999/2000 are not held centrally.
⁴ Expenditure by the Student Loans Company includes fees, loans (cash costs) and the Dependants Grant. Data prior to 1999/2000 is 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.