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Dept for Education and Skills

Answer

Mr. Clappison: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much support will be available to students in the form of fee remission and university bursaries in the case of joint family incomes of (a) less than £15,970, (b) between £15,970 and £22,270, (b) between £22,270 and £33,533 and (d) more than £33,533 for each English university in (i) 2005-06 and (ii) 2006-07; and what these figures are net of tuition fees. [224077] Dr. Howells: The thresholds for the HE grant and tuition fee grant for 2005-06, for English and Welsh domiciled students, are as follows. Students where there is a contribution from a parent or spouse/partner _________________________________________________________________________________________________. £ Household income Fee grant HE grant £15,580 or less 1,175 1,000 £15,581 to £21,565 1,175 partial £21,566 to £32,744 partial none £32,745 or more none none _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Independent students with no spouse or partner _________________________________________________________________________________________________. £ Household income Fee grant HE grant £10,250 or less 1,175 1,000 £10,251 to15,580 partial 1,000 £15,581 to 20,984 partial partial £20,985 to 21,565 none partial £21,566 or more none none _________________________________________________________________________________________________. In 2006-07 there will be no fee remission grant for new English domiciled students; fee support will be in the form of non-means-tested loans rather than grants. Students with household income below about £33,000 will also be eligible for a new non-repayable grant of up to £2,700 a year. The exact thresholds and tapers for this grant will be confirmed in the summer but the indicative thresholds for the grant are as follows. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Household income Grant entitlement £16,000 or less full £2,700 £16,001 to £33,000 Partial £33,001 or more none _________________________________________________________________________________________________. In addition, individual universities may offer support; and details of the level of bursary support available to students eligible for full state support were provided in answer to Peter Bradley's question (No.223409) on 22 March 2005. Further details of the bursaries offered by individual institutions are available in their access agreements, visible on the OFFA website; in all, such support is calculated at around £300 million.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

432 c1524-5W;432 c1520-1W; 224077

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Finance Students

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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