HC Deb 24 February 1966 vol 725 cc610-1
21. Mr. Woodhouse

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what was the cost of the rate payments met by the Exchequer, through the University Grants Committee, in respect of each of the universities and university institutions listed in the First Schedule to the Rating and Valuation Act, 1961, for each complete financial year since the Act came into force.

The Minister of State, Department of Education and Science (Mr. R. E. Prentice)

Exchequer grants in respect of rate payments by these institutions totalled about £2.4 million in 1963–64 and £2.6 million in 1964–65. With permission, I will circulate details in the OFFICIAL REPORT.

Mr. Woodhouse

I am grateful to the Minister for that reply. Can he tell me whether the figures which he has quoted and is circulating cover the total rate liability of these institutions or only the increased rate liability which has arisen since the 1961 Act?

Mr. Prentice

The figures give the rate payments met from Exchequer funds in 1963–64, 1964–65, as asked in the Question.

RATING AND VALUATION ACT 1961 FIRST SCHEDULE
RATE PAYMENTS MET FROM EXCHEQUER FUNDS
1963–64 1964–65
£ £
Birmingham 146,103 162,057
Bristol 105,192 122,078
Cambridge 141,437 144,634
Durham (including Newcastle) 156,454 188,746
Exeter 52,142 42,219
Hull 30,677 36,766
Keele (University College of North Staffordshire) 24,170 26,585
Leeds 108,399 121,474
Leicester 52,169 43,603
Liverpool 105,778 117,343
London 758,741 902,330
Manchester College of Science and Technology 61,927 44,120
Manchester 121,581 171,733
Nottingham 96,940 83,455
Oxford 89,076 101,702
Reading 40,569 35,961
Sheffield 66,283 86,389
Southampton 61,067 44,635
Wales 148,925 153,243
Total £2,367,630 £2,629,073