Baroness Wolf of Dulwich
Crossbench
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many undergraduate places were funded by the Higher Education Funding Council for England under the Employer Engagement Co-funded Students scheme for employer co-funded additional student numbers in each of the years during which the scheme operated, and at what percentage rates; and what was the total cost of the scheme, including expenditure over and above direct full-time equivalent funding for each student.
Baroness Neville-Rolfe
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
Information on the number of recruited undergraduates through the scheme is shown in the table below.
Academic Year | Recruited undergraduate full-time equivalent students | Total grant after adjustments (all levels of study) |
2006/07 | 171 | £557,000 |
2007/08 | 872 | £2,666,000 |
2008/09 | 3,155 | £10,120,000 |
2009/10 | 6,349 | £18,530,000 |
2010/11 | 11,179 | £28,998,000 |
2011/12 | 14,020 | £32,484,000 |
2012/13 | 3,542 | £7,935,000 |
2013/14 | 1,019 | £2,359,000 |
2014/15 | 248 | £582,000 |
Total | 40,556 | £104,231,000 |
The total grant over the period 2006/07 to 2014/15 was £104million. In addition to the grant after adjustments, £101 million development funding was spent on the scheme between 2006/07 and 2011/12.
Employer contributions are only available for the period 2007/08 to 2010/11 and show that the average rate of co-founding from employers increased from 26% in 2007/08 to 41% in 2010/11.
Note: Employer contributions are a mix of cash and in-kind, and are sourced from both public and private sector employers.
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