§ Mr. Denzil Freethasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what civil development contracts have so far been awarded by the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, together with the cost, date of commencement and duration of each.
§ Mr. HoggThe following civil development contracts have been placed:
- (1) With Staveley Industries Ltd. for a numerically controlled machine tool at a total cost of £336,000 for a period of four years beginning in June, 1962.
- (2) With Dobbie McInnis (Electronics) Ltd. for an automatic cartographic equipment at a total cost of £57,000 for a period of eighteen months from March, 1963.
- (3) Five contracts for research and development into advanced computer techniques placed with Mullards Ltd., The Plessey Co. (U.K.) Ltd., Standard Telephones and Cables and Elliott Bros. (London) Ltd. at a total cost of just over £300,000. Commencing dates are from September, 1963 to January 1964, for periods of up to two years.
- (4) With Mirrlees National for a large diesel engine of advanced design at a
UNWEIGHTED STUDENT-STAFF RATIOS IN ENGLISH UNIVERSITIES (EXCLUDING OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE*) (Number of full-time students: full-time staff) Faculty 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 Arts 7.2 6.9 7.1 7.6 8.0 8.2 8.3 8.3 8.4 8.4 Pure Science 6.6 6.4 6.4 6.7 7.0 7.2 6.9 6.9 6.9 6.8 Applied Science 7.8 8.3 8.3 8.7 8.8 9.1 8.4 8.2 8.1 7.8 * Oxford and Cambridge are excluded because total staff numbers (i.e. including staff with College as well as University appointments) are not available over the years. I do not envisage any marked change in these ratios during the period of rapid expansion which lies immediately ahead.