§ Mr. FatchettTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science when he last met representatives of the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals; and whether he is willing to agree to their request for additional funds for university pay.
§ Mr. Alan HowarthMy right hon. and learned Friend last met representatives of the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals on 4 February 1991. It is for the employers and the Association of University Teachers to draw up a pay settlement within the resources available.
§ Mr. FatchettTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will set out the total pay bill in 1990 prices for university(a) support staff and (b) teachers in each year from 1985 to 1990, and express the overall pay bill as a percentage of the total universities' general recurrent expenditure in the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. Alan HowarthThe information requested is available only to 1988–89 and is given in the table.