Mr. H. Wilsonasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the amount of University Grants Committee grants devoted to engineering and science, respectively, in each year from 1952 onwards and the percentage which these represent of total University Grant Committee grants; and his estimate of the amounts and percentage going for these purposes in the 1957–62 quinquennium and for each year thereof.
§ Mr. PowellThe original recurrent grants allocated by the University Grants Committee in the quinquennium 1952–57 were not earmarked for particular subjects, nor are the recurrent grants for the quinquennium 1957–62. During the quinquennium 1952–57 additional recurrent grants were made available to the Committee and allocated by them for the further expansion of technological education. These additional grants were£36,000 for 1953–54,£224,000 for 1954–55,£410,000 for 1955–56 and£570,000 for 1956–57. Account was taken of the expenditure met from these additional grants in determining the recurrent grants for the quinquennium 1957–62.
Mr. H. Wilsonasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will state the University Grants Committee proposed grants allocation for each university for the quinquennium ending 1957; the figures for the last year thereof; and the proposed grants far the 1957–62 quinquennium in total and for each year.
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§ Mr. PowellI would refer the right hon. Member to Appendix IV of the Interim Report of the University Grants Committee (Cmnd. 79) which gives the allocation of recurrent grants to each university for the quinquennium 1952–57. There have since been certain changes in the figures for the last academic year of the quinquennium, and the final figures for that year are shown in the Table.
The amounts which I propose to provide in recurrent grants for the quinquennium 1957–62 are as follows:—
£m. 1957–58 … … … … 30.6 1958–59 … … … … 32.3 1959–60 … … … … 34.35 1960–61 … … … … 36.75 1961–62 … … … … 39.5 173?5 These figures do not include provision for the increases in academic salaries announced last March, and additional grants in respeot of these increases will be notified in due course.
The allocation of recurrent grant to each university for the academic year 1957–58 is shown in the Table.
Table — 1956–57 1957–58 £ £ Birmingham University 1,236,300 1,343,000 Bristol University 891,880 938,000 Cambridge University 1,958,800 2,083.000 Durham University 1,227,460 1,340,000 Exeter University 248,760 263,000 Hull University 263,340 280,000 Leeds University 1,185,900 1,262,000 Leicester University 202,640 229,000 Liverpool University 1,080,140 1,160,000 London University 8,510,800 9,300,000 Manchester University 1,400,040 1,450,000 Manchester College of Science and Technology 500,000 610,000 North Staffordshire University College 183,540 193,000 Nottingham University 565,320 595,000 Oxford University 1,668,020 1,865,000 Reading University 399,540 425,000 Sheffield University 764,780 825,000 Southampton University 299,200 326,000 Wales University 1,323,360 1,418,000 Aberdeen University 624,200 680,000 Edinburgh University 1,375,100 1,480,000 Glasgow University 1,386,500 1,521,000 Glasgow Royal College of Science and Technology 291,960 330,000 St. Andrews University 670,300 694,000 Total, Great Britain. 28,257,880 30,610,000