HC Deb 03 March 1983 vol 38 cc196-7W
Mr. McNamara

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) how much money has been spent on redundancy payments and for early retirements to academic and non-academic staff, respectively, in the universities in Yorkshire and Humberside, indicating the total amount for each university, the total amount and the distribution between the academic disciplines and grades and non-academic grades for the academic years since 1980; and what is his estimate for each university for the years 1982–83 and 1983–84;

(2) how many academic staff, indicating grade and discipline, and non-academic staff have been made redundant in the universities in Yorkshire and Humberside for each academic year since 1980, indicating the total for all universities and distinguishing the loss in each university; and what is his estimate for future redundancies in the academic years 1982–83 and 1983–84;

(3) how many academic staff in universities in Yorkshire and Humberside have been made redundant for each academic year since 1980 in the following disciplines (a) mathematics, (b) pure science, (c) applied science., (d) engineering and associated subjects, (e) medicine and (f) business studies.

Mr. Waldegrave

Following are:(a) payments to universities in Yorkshire and Humberside recommended by the University Grants Committee for expenditure on redundancy compensation (under the arrangements announced on 25 January and 27 March 1982) in the academic year 1981–82;

(b) estimated payments in the academic year 1982–83 to the end of March 1983 (to the end of December 1982 in the case of the University of Bradford);

(c) estimated payments for the remainder of the academic year 1982–83 and the academic year 1983–84 and the numbers of staff to whom these payments relate, for the same periods. A more detailed analysis is not readily available.

a b c
(estimate) (estimate)
BRADFORD
Expenditure £ million
Academic and academic-related 0.9 0.2 3.1
Non-academic 0.7 0.1 0.6
Staff
Academic
Professors 1 96
Senior lecturers 13 3
Lecturers 10 2
Academic-related 6
Non-academic 48 5 38
HULL
Expenditure £ million
Academic and academic-related 0.9 0.3 0.3
Non-academic 0 0.5 0.4
Staff
Academic
Professors 4 15 15
Senior lecturers 18
Lecturers 12
Academic-related 13
Non-academic 13 30 29
LEEDS
Expenditure £ million
Academic and academic-related 1.1 0.1 1.5
Non-academic 0.4 0.2 0
Staff
Academic
Professors 3 3
Senior lecturers 18 28
Lecturers 21 13 1
Academic-related 13 15 1
Non-academic 52 10 0
SHEFFIELD
Expenditure £ million
Academic and academic-related 0.9 0.1 1.6
Non-academic 0.2 0.1 0.5
Staff
Academic
Professors 9 2 82
Senior lecturers 14
Lecturers 7 2
Academic-related 15 2
Non-academic 31 6 62
YORK
Expenditure £ million
Academic and academic-related 0.2 0.02 0.3
Non-academic 0.02 0.1 0
Staff
Academic
Professors 5 3
Senior lecturers 1 3
Lecturers 2
Academic-related 3 1 5
Non-academic 1 2 0

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