HC Deb 27 February 1986 vol 92 c641W
Sir Gerard Vaughan

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what level of funding was provided for Reading university by the University Grants Committee between 1978–79 and the last year for which figures are available.

Mr. Walden

The total funding provided by the University Grants Committee to Reading university in the financial years 1978–79 to 1984–85 was as follows. The figures include recurrent, capital and equipment and furniture grant.

£
1978–79 10,185,279
1979–80 12,225,290
1980–81 15,998,929
1981–82 17,194,224
1982–83 20,309,964
1983–84 21,858,900
1984–85 22,144,510
The figures are not comparable from year to year because of various changes in funding arrangements most notably adjustments made to reflect changes in the level of the home undergraduate tuition fee; provision for redundancy and restructuring costs and the progressive withdrawal from 1980–81 of the subsidy for overseas students.