HC Deb 05 December 1985 vol 88 cc329-30W
Mr. Allen Adams

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will take steps in conjunction with the University Grants Committee and the university court to seek to ensure the continuance of a social work department at Glasgow university.

Individual entitlements to housing support grant at 1985–86 prices*
Area Financial year
1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86
£ £ £ £ £ £ £
Berwickshire 2,093,315 1,765,550 1,274,063 786,698 712,072 475,738 327,760
Ettrick and Lauderdale 2,769,456 2,369,264 1,416,792 633,488 409,784 64,864 0
Roxburgh 2,783,067 2,663,572 1,886,261 1,336,367 1,383,051 1,236,458 966,507
Tweeddale 464,089 386,064 133,811 0 0 0 0
Clackmannan 2,969,044 2,457,072 1,575,445 790,597 49,405 0 0
Falkirk 12,769,042 10,104,104 5,433,837 1,713,094 0 0 0
Stirling 3,096,691 2,588,664 1,247,322 1,530,684 22,421 0 0
Annandale and Eskdale 1,755,898 1,961,756 1,561,928 1,590,129 1,727,352 1,676,732 1,459,412
Nithsdale 1,841,900 1,222,899 123 0 0 0 0
Stewartry 880,610 913,690 665,696 473,235 455,021 345,537 226,754
Wigtown 1,679,438 1,560,142 942,000 518,551 280,180 163,769 0
Dunfermline 8,651,426 8,212,917 3,435,683 783,131 0 0 0
Kirkcaldy 10,114,780 8,781,603 3,775,684 798,201 0 0 0
North East Fife 2,545,214 2,248,206 1,201,893 950,601 339,730 17,722 0
Aberdeen 15,644,706 14,500,112 11,698,180 8,127,788 4,087,414 2,792,504 802,337
Banff and Buchan 7,968,884 7,424,750 5,329,626 3,790,117 2,674,541 1,873,399 1,018,374
Gordon 4,585,032 3,864,836 2,919,165 2,568,676 1,876,385 1,934,492 1,438,608
Kincardine and Deeside 2,093,570 1,855,603 1,145,267 937,658 1,066,866 841,259 735,248
Moray 6,799,827 5,947,058 4,358,617 2,638,809 2,180,660 1,730,212 982,844
Badenoch and Strathspey 662,878 635,260 534,410 579,381 565,776 490,266 418,972
Caithness 1,976,645 1,411,030 1,075,014 937,052 899,351 819,014 576,197
Inverness 3,949,795 3,138,959 2,001,521 1,576,555 1,362,187 1,273,615 1,144,809
Lochaber 2,985,055 2,465,883 2,224,993 1,586,134 1,464,398 1,231,940 1,186,463
Nairn 513,642 475,082 309,195 236,233 291,237 223,154 161,997
Ross and Cromarty 6,241,353 5,741,536 5,152,839 4,004,835 3,393,040 3,278,908 3,010,852

Mr. Allan Stewart

The Government do not determine the range of education provision offered in universities, and do not intervene in decisions taken by individual universities and the University Grants Committee in that regard.

Mr. Allen Adams

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will take steps in conjunction with the University Grants Committee and the university court to provide funds to establish a linguistics faculty at Glasgow university.

Mr. Allan Stewart

The funding, through the University Grants Committee, of universities throughout Great Britain is a matter for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Education and Science.

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