HC Deb 21 January 1986 vol 90 cc149-52W
Mr. Andrew F. Bennett

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) what is the percentage change in the funding of each university by the University Grants Committee between 1980–81 and 1984–85, excluding those amounts representing compensation for changes in home student fees, for redundancy and for early retirement, changes to take account of minor capital works from the recurrent grant, changes in the level of local authority rates and additions made for the information technology and new blood programmes;

(2) what is the percentage change in real terms, measured by the gross domestic product deflator, in the funding of each university by the University Grants Committee between 1980–81 and 1984–85, excluding those amounts representing compensation for changes in home student fees, compensation for redundancy and early retirement, changes to take account of minor capital works from the recurrent grant and changes in the level of local authority rates (a) including and (b) excluding additions made for the information technology and new blood programmes.

Mr. Walden

The percentage changes in the funding of each university by the University Grants Committee in its basic recurrent and equipment grants between 1980–81 and 1984–85, excluding those amounts representing compensation for changes in the level of home student fees, compensation for redundancy and early retirement, provision for capital in recurrent expenditure, local authority rates and additions made for information technology and new blood programmes, is given in column(a) Columns (b) and (c) give the comparable percentage figures in real terms measured by the GDP deflator (b) including and (c) excluding additions made for information technology and new blood posts. The percentage changes shown will be in part the consequence of the withdrawal of the overseas student subsidy and to the extent that these losses have been made up by the increased fee income will not accurately reflect the changes in the universities' financial position.

Percentage change in UGC fund (Academic Year). 1980–81 to 1983–84
University (a) (b) (c)
Cash excluding Information Technology and New Blood Real terms including Information Technology and New Blood Real terms excluding Information Technology and New Blood
Aston -14.1 -31.5 -32.0
Bath +18.3 -5.7 -6.4
Birmingham +6.7 -15.1 -15.6
Bradford -14.4 -31.9 -32.3
Bristol +8.4 -13.4 -14.3
Brunel +4.2 -17.2 -17.6
Cambridge +14.7 -8.1 -9.3
City -20.7 -20.9
Durham +16.8 -7.4 -7.7
East Anglia +10.2 -12.3 -12.9
Essex +0.6 -19.8 -20.5
Exeter +3.4 -17.9 -18.2
Hull 3.3 -17.9 -18.3
Keele -15.5 -33.0 -33.2
Kent -0.3 -20.4 -21.1
Lancaster +8.6 -14.0 -14.1
Leeds +7.6 -14.6 -14.9
Leicester +17.8 -6.2 -6.8
Liverpool +5.5 -16.3 -16.6
London Graduate School of Business Studies +70.3 +35.0 +35.0
London University +7.6 -14.4 -14.9
Loughborough +16.8 -7.3 -7.7
Manchester Business School -1.8 -22.5 -22.5
Manchester +5.6 -16.1 -16.5
University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology -10.9 -28.8 -29.5
Newcastle +11.9 -10.9 -11.5
Nottingham +9.5 -12.6 -13.4
Oxford +13.7 -9.1 -10.1
Reading +8.8 -13.7 -13.9
Salford -28.0 -42.8 -43.0
Sheffield +10.0 -12.7 -13.0
Southampton +11.9 -11.0 -11.5
Surrey -3.0 -23.0 -23.3
Sussex +1.6 -18.7 -19.6
Warwick +10.3 -11.9 -12.8
York +23.8 -0.2 -2.1
University (a) (b) (c)
Cash excluding Information Technology and New Blood Real terms including Information Technology and New Blood Real terms excluding Information Technology and New Blood
Aberystwyth UC +3.5 -17.7 -18.1
Bangor UC +6.9 -15.3 -15.4
Cardiff UC +7.5 -14.8 -14.9
St. David's Lampeter +28.0 +1.3 +1.3
Swansea UC +4.3 -17.1 -17.5
University of Wales College of Medicine +15.7 -8.3 -8.6
University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology -0.3 -20.7 -21.1
Aberdeen +0.3 -20.4 -20.7
Dundee +5.3 -16.3 -16.7
Edinburgh +14.5 -8.6 -9.4
Glasgow +17.5 -6.5 -7.1

A. Student Numbers
Universities* Public sector higher education Non-advanced further education
(Great Britain) (England) (England)
Total percentage Total percentage Total percentage
(000's) Full-time Part-time (000's) Full-time Part-time (000's) Full-time Part-time
1975 286.3 91.3 8.7 240.3 50.7 49.3 †1,643.8 †14.9 †85.1
1976 297.8 91.3 8.7 326.2 63.1 36.9 1,519.1 17.8 82.2
1977 307.8 91.1 8.9 326.3 59.9 40.1 1,486.7 18.6 81.4
1978 316.5 91.1 8.9 329.3 56.7 43.3 1,572.0 18.3 81.7
1979 322.7 90.7 9.3 332.9 55.3 44.7 1,482.1 19.5 80.5
1980 330.6 90.3 9.7 345.7 54.1 45.9 1,454.7 20.4 79.6
1981 333.4 90.0 10.0 368.4 55.3 44.7 1,467.5 22.3 77.7
1982 328.9 89.8 10.2 384.2 56.7 43.3 1,504.7 23.6 76.4
1983 326.3 89.4 10.6 402.6 57.3 42.7 1,578.3 21.8 78.2
1984 326.6 89.0 11.0 ‡410.0 58.1 ‡41.9 ‡11,618.9 20.8 ‡179.2

* Excluding the Open University and the University of Buckingham.

Estimated.

Includes open distance learning.

B—Percentage change in total student numbers
Universities Public sector higher education Non-advanced further education
1975 to 1976 +4.0 +35.7 -7.6
1976 to 1977 +3.4 -2.1
1977 to 1978 +2.8 +0.9 +5.7
1978 to 1979 +2.0 +1.1 -5.7
1979 to 1980 +2.4 +3.8 -1.8
1980 to 1981 +0.8 +6.6 +0.9
1981 to 1982 -1.3 +4.3 +2.5
1982 to 1983 -0.8 +4.8 +4.9
1983 to 1984 +0.1 +1.8 +2.6
1975 to 1984 +14.1 +70.6 -1.5

Mr. Andrew F. Bennett

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the change in the number of (a) polytechnic students, (b) university Students and (c) advanced further education students since 1979; and what proportion they represent within the post-18 student population as a whole, all expressed as full-time equivalents.

Mr. Walden

The information is as follows:

University (a) (b) (c)
Cash excluding Information Technology and New Blood Real terms including Information Technology and New Blood Real terms excluding Information Technology and New Blood
Heriot-Watt +12.0 -10.8 -11.4
St. Andrews +2.5 -18.5 -18.9
Stirling -1.7 -21.5 -22.3
Strathclyde +5.3 -16.3 -16.7