§ Mr. Andrew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what additional funds have been earmarked specifically for university staff salaries for each of the years(a) 1989–90, (b) 1990–91 and (c) 1991–92; and what conditions have been attached.
Mr. JacksonFollowing the 1987 salary settlement the Government have earmarked £67 million for the salaries 683W of academic staff in institutions to be funded by the Universities Funding Council in 1989–90 on condition that the universities produce satisfactory evidence of the implementation of staff appraisal. The Government have also offered to make additional sums available over the three years for staff pay if all industrial action ceases and settlements which introduce differentiation into the pay of lecturers and technicians are agreed.