§ Mrs. Kellett-Bowmanasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will give the figures for expenditure on the universities for each of the years from 1974 to 1981.
§ Mr. WaldegraveExpenditure on universities supported via the University Grants Committee between the financial years 1974–75 and 1980–81 was as follows:
£000 Capital Recurrent Universities Medical and dental schools Furniture and equipment grants Total 1974–75 407,319 38,002 9,855 20,647 475,823 1975–76 504,801 34,794 13,001 42,655 595,251 1976–77 587,036 28,163 23,984 35,195 674,378 1977–78 539,393 19,246 17,422 29,752 605,813 1978–79 602,005 14,112 13,505 42,457 672,079 1979–80 728,482 17,735 18,676 51,370 816,263 1980–81 842,932 17,479 13,432 66,993 1,040,836