§ Mr. Pattieasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how much grant the Open University received for the academic years 1973–74 and 1974–75 expressed (a) as a block amount and (b) as an amount per student.
§ Mr. MulleyRecurrent grant for the Open University is related to the academic year running from January to December. In the academic years 1973 and 1974 it was £10.091 million and £12.653 million respectively. The currently approved grant for 1975 is £16.833 million but the university will be additionally reimbursed for expenditure on local authority rates.
Grant for non-recurrent expenditure is related to the financial year April to March. In 1973–74 it amounted to £1.497 million and in 1974–75 to £ .991 million. For the 1975–76 financial year, the approved estimate is £1.953 million.
64WOn the basis of undergraduate student numbers, recurrent grant amounted to £263 per student in 1973 and £297 in 1974. For 1975 the current figure is £343.