HC Deb 20 May 1996 vol 278 cc10-1W
Mr. Jim Cunningham

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many students were at(a) the university of Warwick and (b) Coventry university in each year since 1989, (i) in total and (ii) as a percentage change on the previous year. [29623]

Mr. Forth

The information is given in the following table:

For 1996–97,the council allocated a single block grant to institutions for recurrent and capital purposes; the figure shown is that element of the grant derived from the council's equipment and estates funding formula.

£000s
University
Coventry Warwick
1994–95 cash 2,246 2,667
1995–96 cash 2,575 2,962
Cash 1,725 2,225
1997–98 real terms 1,678 2,166
Percentage change -35 -27
Figures for 1997–98 have not yet been decided

Mr. Cunningham

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what was the level of DFEE funding per undergraduate student at(a) at the university of Warwick and (b) Coventry university in each year since 1990; and what it will be in 1996–97 in (i) cash terms, (ii) real terms and (iii) as a percentage change on the previous year. [29626]

Mr. Forth

The information is not readily available for individual institutions.

Mr. Cunningham

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what funding has been given by her Department to(a) the university of Warwick and (b) Coventry university in each year since 1990 for the construction of new buildings. [29627]

Mr. Forth

Since 1992, the university of Warwick and Coventry university have both received funding from the Higher Education Funding Council for England towards the cost of specific capital projects. In both cases only a minority of the project cost has been funded by HEFCE. Details are as follows:

Projects Total HEFCE funds approved £ Financial year in which awarded
Coventry Extension and refurbishment of 90–94 Gosford Street 1,750,000 1992–93
Warwick Library extension 313,000 1995–96

Information for 1991 and earlier years is not readily available.