The following table highlightsthe number of fees paid by the Student Awards Agency for Scotland (SAAS) to studentsat higher education institutions from low-income backgrounds who were domiciledin the (a) Angus and (b) Aberdeenshire local authority areas in each year since2002-03:Students from Low-IncomeBackgrounds who have had their University Fees Paid, by Local Authority Area Academic Year (a) Angus (b) Aberdeenshire 2002-03 350 575 2003-04 320 625 2004-05 325 600 2005-06 350 625 For the purposes of this answerstudents are defined as being from “low-income” backgrounds if they have declaredparental/spousal income details of not more than £17,500, which was the SAAS means-testedthreshold in 2005-06 for receipt of full financial support through the YoungStudents Bursary (YSB). For comparable...