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Dept for Education and Skills

Answer

Mr. Cousins: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much Student Loan Company expenditure there has been on (a) grants, (b) income contingent loans, (c) tuition fees, (d) hardship and access to learning, (e) fee waiver and (f) opportunity bursaries in each year since 1999-2000 at (i) Northumbria and (ii) Newcastle universities. [215013] Dr. Howells: Data on Student Loan Company (SLC) expenditure paid to students at Northumbria university and the university of Newcastle upon Tyne in respect of grants, income-contingent loan cash outlay, tuition fees and hardship loans for academic years1999/00 to 2004/ 05 (provisional) are shown in the following table. SLC expenditure on grants1, 2, income-contingent loan cash outlay2, tuition fees3, and hardship loans3 paid to students studying at Northumbria university and the university of Newcastle upon Tyne4--Academic years 1999/00 to 2004/05(provisional) £000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1999/00 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 5 Northumbria: Grants 456 728 955 1,049 671 2,922 Loans 17,558 24,169 25,360 27,255 31,812 33,225 Fees 3,087 3,995 4,661 4,939 4,986 5,058 Hardship loans 6 120 120 122 124 106 n/a Total7 21,220 29,011 31,097 33,368 37,575 41,205 Newcastle: Grants 62 102 206 243 196 1,891 Loans 13,322 20,392 24,083 26,492 31,842 33,364 Fees 1,727 2,471 3,236 3,431 3,612 3,494 Hardship loans 6 46 71 101 68 54 n/a Total7 15,156 23,037 27,627 30,233 35,704 38,749 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. n/a = Not applicable 1 Up to and including academic year 2003/04, data on grant expenditure for student support scheme students relates to additional allowances/grants available to eligible students for extra help depending on their circumstances, e.g. students with disabilities, students with dependents, single parent students, those incurring certain travel costs, and those who have recently left care. In addition, data for 2004/05 include expenditure on the Higher Education grant which was introduced for new students in 2004/05 to help cover the cost of participating in Higher Education. 2 Students domiciled in England and Wales. 3 Students domiciled in England, Wales and the EU. 4 Data also includes planned expenditure. 5 Provisional (as at 4 February 2005). 6 Hardship loans have been discontinued in 2004/05 following the introduction of the Higher Education Grant. 7 Totals may not add due to rounding. The rise in SLC Grant expenditure in 2004/05 is due partly to the introduction of the Higher Education Grant which was introduced for new students in 2004/05 to help cover the cost of participating in Higher Education. It is also due to a change in accounting arrangements whereby prior to 2004/05, local education authorities were responsible for paying certain grants and allowances. In 2004/05, the SLC are responsible for paying all grants and allowances hence the increase in the SLC expenditure. Hardship/Access to learning fund expenditure, fee waivers and opportunity bursaries are paid by HEFCE. Data on these expenditures are shown in the following table. Hardship/Access to learning fund allocations, fee waivers and opportunity bursaries allocations: Northumbria university and the university of Newcastle upon Tyne--Academic years 1999/00 to 2004/05 £000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1999/00 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 Northumbria: Hardship/access to 1,010 746 799 973 1,004 659 learning fund Fee waivers n/a 52 47 48 58 12 Opportunity bursaries1 n/a n/a 111 200 294 154 Total2 1,010 797 957 1,191 1,357 824 Newcastle: Hardship/access to 492 616 597 545 484 407 learning fund Fee waivers n/a 2 7 12 14 5 Opportunity bursaries1 n/a n/a 66 82 163 80 Total2 492 617 670 639 661 491 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. n/a = Not applicable 1 There were no opportunity bursaries for new students in 2004/05 as the bursaries were replaced by the Higher Education Grants introduced for new students in 2004/05. Figures for 2004/05 relate to continuing bursary instalments only. 2 Totals may not add due to rounding.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

430 c1809-10W; 215013

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Finance Fees and charges Education Expenditure Grants Higher education Loans Universities Students Student Loans Company Newcastle University Northumbria University

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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