Written question asked by Lynne Jones (Labour) on Wednesday, 22 January 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 3 February 2003. It was answered by Baroness Hodge of Barking (Labour) on Monday, 3 February 2003 on behalf of the Department for Education and Skills.

Dept for Education and Skills

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assumptions are made about student numbers in figure 3 in the White Paper, `The Future of Higher Education'. - Inc table.

Answer: Lynne Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what assumptions are made about student numbers in figure 3 in the White Paper, "The Future of Higher Education". [93569] Margaret Hodge: Figure 3 of "The Future of Higher Education" shows total publicly planned funding for Higher Education, and the unit funding, in real terms in each year from 1989-90 to 2003-04. The numbers of students which underpin the unit funding calculations are shown in the following table. UK- and EU-domiciled students at English higher education institutions (full-time equivalent, thousand) _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year Number 1989-90 567 1990-91 622 1991-92 695 1992-93 786 1993-94 876 1994-95 944 1995-96 989 1996-97 1,007 1997-98 1,019 1998-99 1,023 1999-2000 1,041 2000-01 1,064 2001-02 1,087 2002-03 1,101 2003-04 1,115 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

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