Higher Education: Leeds John Battle To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many students from Leeds city area (a) attended university courses and (b) received student loans to attend university courses in each year since 1996-97. Mr. Lammy The latest figures from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) on enrolments from the Leeds local authority area are as follows: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Academic year |Enrolments| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1996/97 |15,055 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1997/98 |15,295 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1998/99 |16,765 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1999/2000 |16,890 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2000/01 |17,145 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2001/02 |17,510 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2002/03 |17,970 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2003/04 |17,875 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2004/05 |18,610 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2005/06 |19,060 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2006/07 |19,255 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2007/08 |18,850 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1 Covers enrolments to both full-time and part-time undergraduate and postgraduate courses. This includes study on all years of courses, not just new entrants.2 Excludes the Open university due to inconsistencies in their data across the time series.Note:Figures are based on a snapshot count as at 1 December to maintain consistency across the time series.Source:Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA).| | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The number of student loan borrowers from the Leeds local authority area is as follows. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Academic year |Student loan borrowers| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2000/01 |6,840 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2001/02 |8,090 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2002/03 |8,480 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2003/04 |8,680 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2004/05 |8,670 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2005/06 |9,050 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2006/07 |9,670 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2007/08 |10,200 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2008/09 (Provisional) |10,680 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1 Consistent data are not available before academic year 2000/01. Figures exclude the older mortgage style loans, and cover loans for maintenance and tuition fees.Source:Student Loans Company.| | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Data from the two sources (HESA and SLC) are not directly comparable because certain students and courses (for example post graduate courses) included in Table 1 do not attract student support. Additionally, Table 2 provides those who have taken out loans, but does not include those who may have received student support in the form of a grant such as students from lower income families or those who study part-time courses.