§ Baroness Lockwoodasked Her Majesty's Government:
What is the gross funding for teaching in each of the higher education institutions and whether they will indicate what the corresponding funding would be if uniform units of resource were applied to the various academic subject areas adopted by the funding councils in their resourcing systems.
Lord LucasInformation is not available in the form requested. The Government's policy is to encourage diversity in colleges and universities; the Higher Education Funding Council for England's funding arrangements allow for this diversity and are not based on uniform units of resource. The HEFCE Circular 6/95 gives details of the council's funding for teaching in each of the English higher education institutions for 1995–96, and I have arranged for a copy to be placed in the Library. I have asked the chief executive of the HEFCE to write to the noble Baroness to give her such other relevant information as they have available.