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<p>Most prisoners who study Higher Education (HE) in custody do so through the Open
University (OU). Prior to September 2012, the costs of prisoners’ tuition were met
from public funds in an arrangement that broadly mirrored the Grant arrangements for
other part-time HE students. From September 2012, prisoners have been required to
take out, and then repay, Tuition Fee loans in the same way as other learners.</p><p>
</p><p>The OU’s additional costs for delivering in custody are met through a Grant
from the Department. Table 1 below shows a breakdown of grant payments in each of
the last 10 years.</p><p> </p><p>The costs of providing prison university education
are found from a variety of sources and gathering the data could only be undertaken
at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Table 2 gives a breakdown of the number of
prisoners studying towards an Open University degree whilst in prison in each of the
last 10 years. There may be a very small number of prisoners, each year, who will
have commenced HE with Universities other than the OU whilst on Release on Temporary
Licence. We have no central data on these learners and therefore they are not included
in the figures.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Table
1</strong></p><p>BIS Grant payments to the Open University for additional costs for
delivering OU learning in custody from 2005-06</p><p /> <p> </p><p /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial
year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Amount of Grant (£000s)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005-06*</p></td><td><p>224</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006-07*</p></td><td><p>234</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007-08*</p></td><td><p>287</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>266</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>870</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>895</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>895</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>912</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14*</p></td><td><p>797</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>981</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p
/> <p> </p><p /> <p>* <strong> where indicated, the table shows available data on
Grant funding drawn down rather than Grant available.</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>
</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>
</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Table
2</strong></p><p>Number of prisoners studying towards an Open University degree whilst
in prison from 2004/05</p><p /> <p> </p><p /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Academic
year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>OU students (new and continuing)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2004/05</p></td><td><p>1,128</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005/06</p></td><td><p>1,392</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006/07</p></td><td><p>1,482</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007/08</p></td><td><p>1,562</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/09</p></td><td><p>1,739</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>1,882</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>1,809</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>1,875</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>1,385</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>1,117</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p
/> <p> </p><p /> <p><strong>England only</strong></p><p><strong>Information supplied
by the Open University</strong></p><p> </p>
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