HC Deb 30 October 1970 vol 805 c216W
Mr. Moyle

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether she will give the amount of central Government asistance to British universities as absolute amounts and as a percentage of Government expenditure and expenditure on education for the years 1945, 1955, 1965 and 1970, respectively.

Mrs. Thatcher

Figures for 1945 are not available. Details for the later years are as follows:

CENTRAL GOVERNMENT GRANTS TO UNIVERSITIES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
Financial Years
1954–55 1964–65 1969–70
Expenditure in £m. 30.0 145.0 253.0
Expenditure as percentage of total expenditure by central Government 0.5 1.3 1.3
Expenditure as percentage of total public expenditure on education 5.4 9.5 10.0