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Widening participation in higher education

Here you can browse the Minutes of Evidence which were ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 2 February 2009.

Oral evidenceTaken before the Committee of Public Accounts

on Monday 20 October 2008

Members present:

Mr Edward Leigh, in the Chair Nigel Griffiths

Mr Richard Bacon Keith Hill

Angela Browning Mr Austin Mitchell

Mr David Curry Mr Don Touhig

Mr Ian Davidson

CONTENTS

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Mr Tim Burr, CB, Comptroller and Auditor General, Mr Michael Whitehouse, Assistant Auditor General and Mr David Woodward, Director, National Audit Office, gave evidence.

Ms Paula Diggle, Treasury Officer of Accounts, HM Treasury, was in attendance.

REPORT BY THE COMPTROLLER AND AUDITOR GENERAL

Widening Participation in Higher Education (HC 725)
Witnesses: Mr Ian Watmore, Permanent Secretary, Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills, Professor David Eastwood, Chief Executive, Higher Education Funding Council for England, and Sir Martin Harris, Director for Fair Access, Office of Fair Access, gave evidence.
Question Numbers:
1-19
20-39
40-59
69079
80-99
100-119
120-139
140-159
160-164
Supplementary Memorandum Submitted by the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS), the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) and the Office for Fair Access (OFFA)
Supplementary memorandum from the National Audit Office



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