§ Mr. Bill WalkerTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he has determined the allocations of grant-in-aid for recurrent expenditure to grant-aided colleges in Scotland: and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythThe allocations are:552W
Offer1 1992–93 financial year (£ million) Craigie College of Education 1.416 Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art 3.470 Dundee Institute of Technology 6.720 Edinburgh College of Art 3.167 Glasgow Polytechnic 15.827 Glasgow School of Art 3.112 Jordanhill College of Education 7.671 Moray House College of Education 6.161 Napier Polytechnic of Edinburgh 19.360 Northern College of Education 4.516 Paisley College of Technology 10.546 Queen's College, Glasgow 4.391 Queen Margaret College 4.606 Robert Gordon Institute of Technology 11.632 Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama 2.160 St. Andrew's College of Education 2.968 Scottish College of Textiles 2.163 1 The offers are conditional on parliamentary approval of the Supply Estimates and take account of the increases in the tuition fees which colleges will receive for undergraduate students. These allocations reflect the very high priority which the Government are continuing to give to higher education, and will provide more opportunities for people wishing to enter higher education. The number of students for whom grant provision has been made has been increased by nearly 84½ per cent. in 1992–93 in recognition of the success of the sector in attracting additional students. After including the higher levels of tuition fees to be paid to colleges in 1992–93, the allocations represent an increase in Government funding of about £19 million: or about 12 per cent. compared with the current year if colleges achieve their funded student enrolments. Changes in the recurrent resourcing of individual colleges are shown below.
Year-on-year comparison of grant-in-aid and tuition fees Grant-in-aid1 plus estimated 1991–92 £ million 1992–93 £ million Change Percentage Craigie CE2 1.741 2.169 +24.6 Duncan of Jordanstone 5.797 6.495 +12.0 Dundee Institute 10.469 11.453 +9.4 Edinburgh College of Art 5.494 6.049 +10.1 Glasgow Polytechnic 22.276 25.296 +13.6 Glasgow School of Art 5.005 5.824 +16.4 Jordanhill CE 10.369 10.991 +6.0 Moray House CE 8.031 8.513 +6.0 Napier Polytechnic 27.251 30.868 +13.3 Northern CE 5.909 6.264 +6.0 Paisley College 15.611 17.907 +14.7 Queen's College, Glasgow 6.212 7.320 +17.8 Queen Margaret College 7.109 7.916 +11.4 Robert Gordon Institute 17.814 20.138 +13.0 RSAMD 3.100 3.286 +6.0 St. Andrews CE 4.024 4.286 +6.5 Scottish College of Textiles 3.363 3.673 +9.2 Total 159.575 178.448 +11.8 1 Because of changes to the treatment and coverage of in-service provision, resources for in-service have been excluded from both years. 2. In 1992–93 Craigie College of Education will introduce courses in secondary postgraduate teacher training and will be funded for these. This is the main reason for the very high increase in resources for 1992–93: if this funding is excluded, the increase in resources is about 7 per cent.
553WThe distribution of resources among colleges generally reflects the ability of individual colleges to enrol additional students, and in the case of teacher training it is based on the need for newly qualified teachers. The highest increase in resources on a like with like basis is 18 per cent. for Queen's college, Glasgow, reflecting particularly strong growth in student numbers. Twelve of the 17 colleges are estimated to receive increases in resources of over 9 per cent.—which is more than twice the projected rate of inflation.
For each college, the funding level will adequately cover cost increases, and will enable the colleges to continue to contribute to the rising participation in higher education in recent years.