HC Deb 21 January 1986 vol 90 cc153-4W
Mr. Andrew F. Bennett

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the total cost to the Government of the employment of academic teaching staff in the universities, including and excluding national insurance contributions.

Mr. Walden

This information is not available. Universities' general expenditure in the academic year

Engineering graduates in thousands 1982*
Below first degree level First degree level Both levels Postgraduate level All level
France — 11.3 11.3 2.1 13.4
Germany, Federal Republic of — 17.7 17.7 0.8 18.6
United States of America‡ — 73.4 73.4 14.7 88.1
Japan‡║ 7.0 60.0 67.0 7.2 74.2
Italy — 6.3 6.3 0.1 6.4
Netherlands¶• 7.0 .. .. .. 8.5
Spain 3.6 .. .. .. 5.7
Belgium▀ .. .. .. .. 1.3
Portugal▀⋆ — 1.3 1.3 — 1.3
Denmark 0.5 .. .. .. 1.7
Greece⋆ 2.6 1.2 3.9 — 3.9
Luxembourg# .. .. .. .. ..
Ireland¶▀ — 0.6 0.6 0.2 0.8
United Kingdom:
Basic⋆⋆ 15.4 11.4 26.8 2.5 29.3
Enhanced‡‡ 20.3 14.2 34.5 3.1 37.7

Engineering graduates as a percentage of the relevant population 1982†
Below first degree level First degree level Both levels Postgraduate level All levels
France — 1.3 1.3 0.2 1.6
Germany, Federal Republic of — 1.9 1.9 0.1 2.0
United States of America‡ — 1.7 1.7 0.3 2.0
Japan‡║ 0.4 3.8 4.3 0.5 4.7
Italy — 0.8 0.8 — 0.8
Netherlands¶• 2.9 .. .. .. 3.6
Spain 0.6 .. .. .. 0.9
Belgium▀ .. .. .. .. 0.8
Portugal▀⋆ — 0.8 0.8 — 0.8
Denmark¶ 0.6 .. .. .. 2.3
Greece⋆ 1.9 0.9 2.8 — 2.8
Luxembourg# .. .. .. .. ..
Ireland¶▀ 0.1 1.1 1.2 0.4 1.6
United Kingdom:
Basic⋆⋆ 1.7 1.3 3.0 0.3 3.3
Enhance‡‡ 2.3 1.6 3.9 0.4 4.2

* Home students only in France, Germany, United States of America and United Kingdom. Elsewhere students from abroad may be included where applicable, although numbers in Japan are thought to be negligible.

1983–84 (the latest year for which information is available) included £583 million for the salaries of clinical and non-clinical academic staff, including employers' national insurance and superannuation contributions. Separate information for expenditure on national insurance contributions is not available, but it is expected to have been 4 to 5 per cent. of total salary costs for these staff.

A precise share of this cannot be attributed to Government funding, but Exchequer grants and fees paid from public funds will have covered approximately 70 per cent. of universities' total recurrent income.