HC Deb 10 July 1990 vol 176 cc179-80W
27. Dr. Michael Clark

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the average cost of university education over the three years of graduates in(a) social sciences, (b) languages and (c) physical sciences.

Mr. Jackson

Expenditure is not disaggregated in the form requested. However, an indication of the costs of teaching in the relevant subjects met annually from block grant and tuition fees is given by the University Funding Council's current "guide prices", as follows:

£
Economics, Sociology, etc. 2,700
Politics, Law, etc. 2,200
Applied Social Work 3,400
Languages 2,900
Physical Sciences 4,600