Question reference: S3W-01230
- 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 by extending their student loans and what the figures are across the three cohorts.
Answer
The number of studentswho have opted to extend their student loan, the percentage of the liable groupthey represent and the value for those students who have opted to extend their studentloan for the three cohorts is:
| Year | No. of Students | % of Cohort | Value (£) |
| 2005 | 702 | 70% | 1,404,030 |
| 2006 | 5,204 | 64% | 10,429,170 |
| 2007 | 6,980 | 58% | 14,157,988 |
Figures provided bythe Student Awards Agency for Scotland as at 1 June 2007.