(2) which 20 constituencies have the (a) largest proportion of families who qualify for a full university grant, (b) largest (i) proportion and (ii) number of families qualifying for a full or partial university grant and (c) lowest proportion of young people attending university.
Question 166624 refers to the higher education maintenance grant, which will be worth up to £2,835 in academic year 2008-09. Information on the numbers of students in each parliamentary constituency who will be eligible for a full or partial grant in 2008-09 is not available. However, information on grants in 2006-07 show which areas have higher proportions of students receiving full and partial grants. The available data on grants at local authority level are given in the following table; this information is not available at constituency level. The family income threshold for full maintenance grant of £2,700 in 2006-07 was £17,500, with a partial grant available to students with a family income of up to £37,425. In 2008-09 the thresholds will be raised to £25,000 for a full grant and £60,005 for a partial grant. This very large increase in the thresholds mean that 2006-07 figures can not be used as an indication of 2008-09 full and partial grant proportions.
The main measure for tracking progress on increasing participation is currently the Higher Education Initial Participation Rate (HEIPR). This is the sum of the HE initial participation rates for individual ages between 17 and 30 inclusive. The latest available figure is 42.8 per cent. for 2005-06. The 2005-06 figure for the young 17-20 age group is 34.0 per cent. The HEIPR is not disaggregated below national level.
Students3 Percentage Local authority Full Part Nil Total Full Part Nil Tower Hamlets 1,270 130 240 1,640 78 8 15 Newham 1,460 300 590 2,350 62 13 25 Manchester 1,690 420 660 2,770 61 15 24 Camden 700 140 350 1,180 59 12 29 Lambeth 1,130 320 490 1,940 59 16 25 Islington 720 160 360 1,240 58 13 29 Westminster 550 100 290 940 58 11 31 Barking and Dagenham 480 150 240 870 55 17 27 Kensington and Chelsea 390 70 260 710 54 10 36 Hammersmith and Fulham 480 120 340 940 51 12 36 Birmingham 3,160 1,300 1,900 6,360 50 20 30 Blackpool 400 210 200 800 50 26 24 Bradford 1,520 640 890 3,060 50 21 29 Leicester 1,140 580 570 2,290 50 25 25 Lewisham 990 370 610 1,980 50 19 31 Nottingham 670 280 390 1,340 50 21 29 Haringey 910 250 690 1,840 49 13 37 Greenwich 750 280 530 1,550 48 18 34 Waltham forest 900 340 620 1,860 48 19 33 Oldham 650 330 400 1,370 47 24 29 Torbay 330 180 200 710 47 25 28 Wandsworth 730 270 550 1,550 47 17 36 Kingston upon Hull 550 290 360 1,190 46 25 30 Liverpool 1,240 600 850 2,690 46 22 32 Luton 580 250 440 1,260 46 19 35 Derby 630 310 500 1,440 44 21 35 Brighton and Hove 600 310 500 1,410 43 22 36 Bristol 830 420 690 1,940 43 22 35 Ealing 1,110 490 990 2,580 43 19 38 Knowsley 350 220 250 820 43 26 31 Rochdale 550 280 440 1,260 43 22 34 Sandwell 590 400 370 1,360 43 29 27 Bournemouth 380 200 330 910 42 22 36 Sheffield 1,100 630 980 2,700 41 23 36 Wolverhampton 630 450 470 1,550 41 29 30 Bolton 720 390 680 1,790 40 22 38 Kirklees 1,010 590 910 2,510 40 23 36 Salford 390 210 380 970 40 21 39 Tameside 420 270 360 1,050 40 26 34 Enfield 890 450 930 2,280 39 20 41 North East Lincolnshire 340 230 290 860 39 27 34 Southampton 400 220 390 1,010 39 22 39 Cornwall 1,190 990 940 3,130 38 32 30 Middlesbrough 350 200 370 930 38 22 40 Newcastle upon Tyne 600 340 630 1,570 38 22 40 Plymouth 550 350 520 1,420 38 25 37 Walsall 480 330 450 1,260 38 26 35 Coventry 670 480 630 1,780 37 27 35 Halton 270 190 260 710 37 26 36 SFD processing unit4 5,450 2,840 6,350 14,640 37 19 43 Barnet 1,010 430 1,360 2,800 36 15 49 Calderdale 460 300 520 1,280 36 24 40 Croydon 880 530 1,040 2,450 36 22 42 Lancashire 3,110 2,110 3,420 8,650 36 24 40 Redbridge 890 460 1,100 2,450 36 19 45 Sunderland 570 420 580 1,570 36 27 37 Devon 1,360 1,040 1,500 3,910 35 27 38 Gateshead 350 290 350 990 35 30 35 Slough 270 180 330 780 35 23 42 Bury 410 310 510 1,230 34 25 41 Hounslow 530 320 720 1,570 34 20 46 Merton 430 250 600 1,280 34 20 47 Poole 230 170 270 670 34 25 41 Sefton 660 500 790 1,940 34 26 41 Harrow 750 470 1,030 2,260 33 21 46 Leeds 1,280 960 1,610 3,860 33 25 42 Trafford 560 360 770 1,680 33 21 46 Wirral 700 500 910 2,100 33 24 43 Barnsley 300 320 310 930 32 34 34 Bath and North East Somerset 300 230 410 940 32 24 44 North Lincolnshire 280 270 310 860 32 31 36 Reading 200 170 260 640 32 27 41 Doncaster 400 400 470 1,280 31 32 37 St Helens 320 330 380 1,020 31 32 37 Staffordshire 1,750 1,710 2,210 5,670 31 30 39 Derbyshire 1,090 1,020 1,560 3,670 30 28 42 Dudley 450 490 570 1,510 30 32 38 Durham 810 810 1,050 2,670 30 30 39 East Sussex 770 580 1,230 2,580 30 22 48 Isle of Wight 190 190 250 620 30 30 40 Milton Keynes 390 250 670 1,310 30 19 51 Rotherham 340 360 450 1,150 30 31 39 Wigan 500 500 650 1,650 30 31 39 Bexley 360 300 590 1,260 29 24 47 Cumbria 760 750 1,130 2,640 29 28 43 Lincolnshire 1,030 990 1,500 3,510 29 28 43 Medway 370 360 570 1,290 29 28 44 Norfolk 1,000 950 1,550 3,500 29 27 44 Stockport 540 430 910 1,870 29 23 49 Suffolk 1,000 920 1,580 3,500 29 26 45 Swindon 270 220 420 900 29 24 47 Thurrock 160 120 270 560 29 22 49 West Sussex 1,400 1,140 2,340 4,890 29 23 48 Hillingdon 470 320 870 1,660 28 19 52 Dorset 530 530 890 1,950 27 27 46 Gloucestershire 830 820 1,470 3,120 27 26 47 North Tyneside 320 290 570 1,170 27 25 48 Richmond upon Thames 320 200 680 1,200 27 17 57 Shropshire 670 700 1,070 2,450 27 29 44 Worcestershire 1,180 1,200 1,940 4,320 27 28 45 Cambridgeshire 980 950 1,800 3,720 26 25 48 East Riding of Yorkshire 540 570 970 2,080 26 28 47 Kent 1,980 1,760 3,780 7,520 26 23 50 Kingston upon Thames 280 230 550 1,070 26 22 52 North Somerset 270 250 530 1,050 26 24 51 Nottinghamshire 1,040 1,080 1,850 3,970 26 27 47 Wakefield 370 440 600 1,410 26 31 42 Havering 280 250 590 1,120 25 22 53 Northamptonshire 880 820 1,820 3,520 25 23 52 Somerset 690 780 1,250 2,720 25 29 46 Warrington 310 330 590 1,230 25 27 48 Bromley 460 330 1,120 1,910 24 17 59 Cheshire 950 1,000 2,260 4,210 23 24 54 Essex 1,440 1,440 3,350 6,230 23 23 54 Leicestershire 870 1,060 1,830 3,750 23 28 49 Northumberland 400 480 860 1,740 23 28 49 Oxfordshire 820 710 2,050 3,580 23 20 57 Sutton 260 240 630 1,130 23 21 55 Hertfordshire 1,410 1,360 3,640 6,410 22 21 57 Solihull 290 360 680 1,330 22 27 51 South Gloucestershire 270 300 640 1,200 22 25 53 Warwickshire 680 800 1,580 3,060 22 26 51 Wiltshire 530 590 1,230 2,350 22 25 53 Bedfordshire 480 490 1,300 2,270 21 21 57 Buckinghamshire 690 610 1,940 3,250 21 19 60 Hampshire 1,380 1,600 3,870 6,840 20 23 56 Windsor and Maidenhead 160 150 570 870 19 17 65 Bracknell Forest 100 110 350 560 18 20 62 Surrey 1,140 1,090 3,970 6,200 18 18 64 West Berkshire 130 160 570 860 16 18 66 Wokingham 160 200 710 1,070 15 18 67 England 97,900 67,820 126,580 292,290 33 23 43 1 The table covers the Maintenance Grant and Special Support Grant available to new students from 2006-07. 2 The table covers those who apply to the Student Loans Company for support. This includes awards to students who subsequently withdrew from their course or suspended study during the academic year. It excludes those who are not eligible for a grant because they are receiving an NHS bursary. 3 Student numbers are rounded to the nearest 10. 4 The Student Finance Direct processing unit covers applications from Brent, Darlington, Hackney, Hartlepool, North Yorkshire, Redcar and Cleveland, South Tyneside, Southend-on-Sea, Southward Stockton-on-Tees, and York. Source: Student Loans Company