Question reference: S3W-01228
- Asked by: Christina McKelvie, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 19 June 2007
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Current status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 3 July 2007
Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many, and what percentage of, graduates from each of the three cohorts liable to pay the graduate endowment fee paid it in cash and what the figures are across the three cohorts.
Answer
The number of studentswho paid in cash, the percentage of the liable group they represent and the valuecollected in cash for the three cohorts is:
| Year | No. of Students | % of Cohort | Value (£) |
| 2005 | 249 | 25% | 498,030 |
| 2006 | 2,621 | 32% | 5,248,608 |
| 2007 | 3,470 | 29% | 7,031,284 |
Figures provided bythe Student Awards Agency for Scotland as at 1 June 2007.