§ Mr. Skeetasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will indicate the total aid or grants available to the Open University by the state and the percentage of the total generated by the university for services performed over the most recent period of five years.
§ Mr. BrookeThis information is not immediately available. I shall reply to my hon. Friend as soon as possible.
§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what has been the total cost to the Government of the Open University in total and in each year since it was formed.
§ Mr. Brooke[pursuant to his reply, 22 May 1984, c. 446]: The total cost to the Government of the Open University in total and in each year since it was formed is set out in the following table.
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Financial year Recurrent grant £ Capital grant £ Planning committee £ Total £ 1968–69 130,017 — — 130,017 1969–70 1,934,996 — 37,389 1,972,385 1970–71 4,197,969 1,800,000 — 5,997,969 1971–72 6,625,000 947,000 — 7,572,000 1972–73 7,901,482 759,000 — 8,660,482 1973–74 9,780,620 1,497,000 — 11,277,620 1974–75 13,858,000 991,033 — 14,849,033 1975–76 16,383,000 1,953,000 — 18,336,000 1976–77 23,567,000 2,399,000 — 25,966,000
Financial year Recurrent grant £ Capital grant £ Planning committee £ Total £ 1977–78 24,148,019 1,591,355 — 25,739,374 1978–79 29,962,000 2,208,731 — 32,170,731 1979–80 36,712,000 4,699,192 — 41,411,192 1980–81 47,130,000 4,625,310 — 51,755,310 1981–82 51,270,000 3,691,182 — 54,961,182 1982–83 *54,208,000 2,030,000 — 56,238,000 1983–84 *55,717,741 700,000 — 56,417,741 Total 383,525,844 29,891,803 37,389 413,455,036 * These sums exclude the loans of £1 million in 1982–83 and £0.7 million in 1983–84 which were made available to enable the University to develop its professional, industrial and commercial updating (PICKUP) activities.