§ Mr. Cormackasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what was the cost to public funds of canteen and
500Wset out in the table below. They relate to 1st April 1975,1976 and 1977.
other catering facilities provided by her Department for employees: (a) in London, and (b) elsewhere during 1976 and 1977; respectively; and what contribution was made towards the cost of 501W meals provided for and consumed by employees during working hours by those employees in the same years.
§ Mrs. Shirley WilliamsThe following figures relate to the financial year 1976–77 and the first six months of 1977–78, the latest period for which figures are available. They do not include the cost of premises, equipment and services provided free of charge to staff restaurants. Such information is not readily available.
London Elsewhere £ £ 1976–77 13,000 2,200 1977–78 (April-September 1977) 5,300 1,150
NET RECURENT EXPENDITURE ON POLYTECHNICS* ENGLAND AND WALES Outturn prices £000 Financial years 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 Birmingham … … … … … 4,448 7,309 8,057 Brighton … … … … … … 2,828 3,649 5,536 Bristol … … … … … … 3,380 4,976 6,178 Hatfield … … … … … … 3,963 4,660 5,182 Huddersfield … … … … … 4,350 6,169 6,122 Lanchester … … … … … … 5,307 6,366 6,980 Leeds … … … … … … 4,793 5,996 8,360 Leicester … … … … … … 4,231 5,180 7,314 Liverpool … … … … … … 5,560 6,811 7,627 Kingston … … … … … … 5,075 7,499 7,585 Middlesex … … … … … … 7,001 10,351 11,567 North East London … … … … 7,828 9,747 10,853 City of Londosn† … … … … … 26,270 33,901 35,145 Central London† … … … … … North London† … … … … … South Bank† … … … … … Thamest† … … … … … … Manchester … … … … … 6,091 7,855 11,434 Newcastle-upon-Type … … … … 5,061 6,235 7,384 North Staffordshire … … … … 3,741 4,748 5,199 Oxford … … … … … … 2,964 3,888 4,263 Plymouth … … … … … … 2,506 3,318 3,850 Portsmouth … … … … … 5,789 6,952 9,117 Preston … … … … … … 2,062 5,270 5,661 Sheffield … … … … … … 4,912 6,163 9,755 Sunderland … … … … … 3,401 5,411 5,833 Teesside … … … … … … 2,488 3,118 3,334 Trent … … … … … … 4,701 7,735 8,441 Wolverhampton … … … … … 3,514 4,229 4,896 The Polytechnic of Wales … … … 3,356 4,100 4,543 * Excluding loan charges and capital contributions from revenue. † These five polytechnics are administered by the ILEA, and separate figures for each institution are not included in the returns made by the authority.