§ Mr. Whiteheadasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is his estimate of the proportionate fall in spending by the universities, in real terms, in the financial years 1981–82, 1982–83 and 1983–84 following the expenditure White Paper.
§ Dr. BoysonThe White Paper envisages a fall in recurrent expenditure, net of tuition fee income, on subsidised students in universities of about 3½ per cent. in real terms in the financial year 1981–82. As the White Paper explains, the detailed plans for universities in later years have not yet been settled.