§ Mr. Andrew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what was(a) recurrent and (b) capital spending by the Government on (a) universities, (b) polytechnics and (c) colleges of further education for each year since 1978–79 in (i) cash terms and (ii) real terms, indexed so that 1978–79 = 100.
Mr. Jackson[holding reply 11 June 1990]: The information for universities covered by the University Grants Committee and, from April 1989, by the Universtities Funding Council, is as follows (real terms figures are derived using the GDP deflator):
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Financial year Recurrent Capital Cash £'000s Real terms Cash £'000s Real terms 1978–79 612,599 — 79,304 — 1979–80 741,190 634,622 101,370 86,795 1980–81 956,464 691,997 110,598 80,017
Financial year Recurrent Capital Cash £'000s Real terms Cash £'000s Real terms 1981–82 982,335 647,316 116,308 76,642 1982–83 1,193,333 733,413 118,926 73,091 1983–84 1,240,179 728,217 117,616 69,063 1984–85 1,272,416 707,007 119,195 66,230 1985–86 1,302,752 691,686 132,688 70,450 1986–87 1,341,817 689,021 145,465 74,696 1987–88 1,490,175 726,267 144,106 70,233 1988–89 1,608,497 731,818 157,457 71,638 1989–90 1,711,604 726,968 179,247 76,131 It is not possible to disaggregate from other local education authority expenditure that element which represents recurrent or capital expenditure on colleges of further education or polytechnics which were or are funded by local authorities.