§ Mr. Andrew F. Bennettasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish in the Official Report the total cost to Open University students of summer school fees together with the number of students embarking on a summer school course, by subject, for each of the last five years for which data are available.
§ Mr. WaldenThe Open University's income from school fees, and student numbers by faculty, are given in the table. Information on student numbers by subject is not available.
costs can only be estimated. An average student attends four summer schools. On the basis the costs sought are as follows:
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Cash 1984–85 prices £ £ 1981 1,278 1,490 1982 1,454 1,584
Cash 1984–85 prices £ £ 1983 1,552 1,619 1984 1,654 1,654 1985 1,768 1,684
thousands Universities Great Britain* Maintained institutions England† Direct grant and voluntary institutions England‡ Full-time only Full-time equivalent Full-time only Teaching staff Research staff Teaching staff Teaching staff 1978–79 33.4 7.4 25.8 3.5 1979–80 34.1 8.2 26.0 3.3 1980–81 34.1 8.9 25.4 3.1 1981–82 33.7 9.2 25.7 3.0 1982–83 31.8 10.2 26.2 2.9 1983–84 31.4 10.6 25.9 2.8 1984–85 31.2 11.3 ║27.8 ¶ * As at 31 December.
† Estimated, as at January of each year.
‡ Including a small non-advanced component, as at March of each year.
║Provisonal.
¶ Not available.
Information on research staff in public sector higher education in England is not available on the same basis. The numbers funded by sources other than the local education authority were 400 in 1983–84 and 450 in 1984–85.