HC Deb 19 February 1987 vol 110 cc744-5W
Mr. Robert Hughes

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish in the Official Report the formulae currently used by the University Grants Committee in the allocation of resources to universities.

Mr. Walden

The University Grants Committee's resource allocation procedures were described in the committee's circular letter 22/85 of 19 November 1985, a copy of which has been placed in the Library. Supplementary information is contained in the committee's circular letters 4/86 and 6/87, in which recurrent grant to universities was announced for the academic years 1986–87 and 1987–88 respectively. Copies of these letters are also available in the Library.

Mr. Robert Hughes

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make available finance to the University Grants Committee to cover fully the cost of the recent pay and salary settlement for university staff.

Mr. Walden

As my right hon. Friend told my hon. Friend the Member for Fife, North-East (Mr. Henderson) on 23 January, at column 745, the government are willing to make available additional funding for university academic pay restructuring on certain conditions. The total cost of a settlement will need to be met from that additional funding and the recurrent grant to universities to which my right hon. Friend announced substantial increases on 6 November 1986, at columns 487–96 for 1987–88 and beyond.

Mr. Andrew F. Bennett

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science 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 1987–88, 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; and if he will give similar figures for the provisional distribution for 1989–90.

Mr. Walden

I shall reply as soon as possible.