Written Question · S1W-01131 · Session 1
To specify, for each of the last 3 years, the cost of administration to (a) the Student Awards Agency for Scotland, (b) the Student Loans C…
The question
To ask the Scottish Executive to specify, for each of the last 3 years, the cost of administration to (a) the Student Awards Agency for Scotland, (b) the Student Loans Company and (c) further and higher education institutions of the assessment, collection and payment of student maintenance support and tuition fees.
The answer
The information requested is given in the table. A. Cost of Administering the Student Awards Agency for Scotland Expenditure is shown by Financial years. | Expenditure1
| £m
1996-97 | £3.7M
1997-98 | £4.5M
1998-99 | £4.7M
1 Expenditure is on a full costs basis B. Costs, met by the Student Awards Agency for Scotland, of administering the Student Loans Company . The costs of administering the Student Loans Company Ltd is met on a United Kingdom wide basis. Each of the Education Departments pays a share of the costs, calculated using a formula which takes into account the relative numbers of students for whom they have administrative responsibility. | Expenditure
| £m
1996-97 | 2.3
1997-98 | 2.8
1998-99 | 2.8
C. Cost of Administration to further and higher education institutions of the assessment, collection and payment of student maintenance and tuition feesFurther Education Colleges assumed responsibility for maintenance awards for non-advanced courses and for tuition fees in April 1996. The direct cost of administering the schemes for 1996-97 and 1997-98 was approximately £1.7m or 4% of the overall annual bursary allocation. From 1998-99 onwards, administration costs have been included within the recurrent grant allocations. Information on Colleges' administration costs is not available centrally.Information on the administration costs of the collection and payment of student maintenance support and tuition fees in respect of higher education institutions is also not held centrally
| £m
1996-97 | £3.7M
1997-98 | £4.5M
1998-99 | £4.7M
1 Expenditure is on a full costs basis B. Costs, met by the Student Awards Agency for Scotland, of administering the Student Loans Company . The costs of administering the Student Loans Company Ltd is met on a United Kingdom wide basis. Each of the Education Departments pays a share of the costs, calculated using a formula which takes into account the relative numbers of students for whom they have administrative responsibility. | Expenditure
| £m
1996-97 | 2.3
1997-98 | 2.8
1998-99 | 2.8
C. Cost of Administration to further and higher education institutions of the assessment, collection and payment of student maintenance and tuition feesFurther Education Colleges assumed responsibility for maintenance awards for non-advanced courses and for tuition fees in April 1996. The direct cost of administering the schemes for 1996-97 and 1997-98 was approximately £1.7m or 4% of the overall annual bursary allocation. From 1998-99 onwards, administration costs have been included within the recurrent grant allocations. Information on Colleges' administration costs is not available centrally.Information on the administration costs of the collection and payment of student maintenance support and tuition fees in respect of higher education institutions is also not held centrally
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S1W-01131 by reference.