Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much in cash terms and what proportion of total university funding came from (a) domestic tuition fees, (b) foreign student fees, (c) public funding and (d) external sponsorship in the last year for which figures are available.

Information on the finances of English Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) is collected and published by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA). A summary of the income of publicly-funded HEIs in England from Home and EU Tuition Fees, Non-EU Tuition Fees, Public Funding and External Sponsorship has been provided in the table.

Income of publicly-funded higher education institutions⁽¹⁾

English Higher Education Institutions

Academic year 2012/13

Source: HESA Finance Record

Notes:

All figures are rounded to the nearest £ million and, as a result, columns may not total correctly.

⁽¹⁾ The University of Buckingham are the only non-publicly funded HEI to return financial data to HESA and their income has been omitted from the final figures.

⁽²⁾ Other Tuition Fee Income includes income received from FE Courses and Non-Credit bearing courses.

⁽³⁾ Public Funding refers to funding received from Funding Bodies, BIS Research Councils, UK Central Government, Local Authorities, Health and Hospital Authorities and EU Government Bodies.

⁽⁴⁾ External Sponsorship refers to income from non-public sources including research grants and other income from EU and UK industry, commerce and other corporations.