To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is his current estimate of the cost of financing tuition fees for the fourth year of study for Wales-domiciled students studying (a) full-time and (b) part-time at Scottish universities; and if he will make a statement. [36196]

We estimate that the extra cost of financing tuition fees for the fourth year of study for Wales-domiciled students studying full-time for first degrees at Scottish higher education institutions would be some £45,000.There are no Wales-domiciled students studying part-time on the fourth year of first degrees at Scottish institutions.