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– Scottish Parliament written question – answered at on 15 December 2008.

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Question S3W-18576

To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding was distributed through the Higher Education Childcare Fund in each of the last three years, broken down by institution.

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The following table shows the amount of funding distributed through the Higher Education Childcare Fund by each Scottish institution in academic years 2005-06 and 2006-07. The childcare fund was introduced in academic year 2005-06. Prior to this funding was available through the Mature Students Bursary Fund though it was not restricted to assistance with child care costs only. Amounts distributed through this fund are shown for academic year 2004-05.

Funds distributed by Further Education Institutions (FECs)Mature Students Bursary Fund 2004-05 Total Amount Issued by Institutions (£000)Childcare Fund2005-06 Total Amount Issued by Institutions (£000)Childcare Fund 2006-07 Total Amount Issued by Institutions (£000)
Aberdeen College 126 133 90
Angus College 99 33 19
Anniesland College 39 24 26
Ayr College 129 60 67
Banff and Buchan College 18 23 22
Barony College 1 - 4
Borders College 2 13 9
Adam Smith College1 - 100 124
Cardonald College 124 43 43
Central College of Commerce 85 19 49
Clackmannan College2 13 0 0
Clydebank College 95 21 18
Coatbridge College 164 132 94
Cumbernauld College 47 26 34
Dumfries and Galloway College 60 26 16
Dundee College 199 58 67
Edinburgh’s Telford College 73 43 23
Elmwood College 35 11 19
Falkirk College2 174 - -
Fife College1 75 - -
Forth Valley College2 - 78 81
Glasgow College of Building and Printing3 124 - -
Glasgow College of Food Technology3 - - -
Glasgow Metropolitan College3 - 70 81
Glasgow College of Nautical Studies 53 37 46
Glenrothes College1 53 - -
James Watt College 355 187 174
Jewel and Esk Valley College 49 45 33
John Wheatley 14 8 4
Kilmarnock College 100 80 68
Langside College 64 30 54
Lauder College 64 30 39
Motherwell College 172 49 30
Newbattle Abbey College - - -
North Glasgow College 58 31 13
Oatridge Agricultural College 7 5 10
Reid Kerr College 241 87 79
South Lanarkshire College 68 46 58
Stevenson College 66 50 34
Stow College 87 69 24
West Lothian College 92 61 42
Total FECs 3,222 1,727 1,593
Funds distributed by Higher Education Institutions (HEIs)
Aberdeen University 41 40 73
Bell College of Technology 146 111 75
Dundee University 377 157 157
Edinburgh College of Art 30 29 21
Edinburgh University 244 59 104
Glasgow Caledonian University 323 50 162
Glasgow School of Art 22 4 11
Glasgow University 245 128 117
Heriot Watt University 22 35 27
Napier University 240 34 48
Queen Margaret University College 69 37 48
Robert Gordon University 181 86 73
RSAMD 1 3 4
Scottish Agricultural College 17 9 12
St Andrews University 62 24 17
Stirling University 120 82 86
Strathclyde University 296 196 237
University of Abertay, Dundee 198 80 106
University of Paisley 344 53 101
UHIMI 336 151 156
Total HEI 3,315 1,367 1,635
Grand Total 6,537 3,094 3,228

Source: Student Awards Agency for Scotland (SAAS) management information collected from Scottish institutions.

Notes:

Monetary amounts have been rounded to the nearest thousand and are quoted in thousands. Cells containing dashes represent zero.

1. Fife and Glenrothes Colleges merged to form Adam Smith College.

2. Clackmannan and Falkirk Colleges merged to form Forth Valley College.

3. Glasgow College of Building and Printing and Glasgow College of Food Technology merged to form Glasgow Metropolitan College.

Academic year 2006-07 is the latest for which information on support distributed through the Higher Education Childcare Fund is available.

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