§ Mr. Skeffingtonasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer which university bodies have expressed dissatisfaction with the amount of grant last made by the University Grants Committee.
Mr. AmoryThose annual reports which have so far been published indicate that most of the universities are dissatisfied in varying degrees with the grants allocated to them, especially for the first two years of the quinquennium. It should be noted, however, that the quinquennial settlement provides for grants which are 8 per cent. higher in the current academic year than in 1956–57, and which rise by a further 30 per cent. over the next four years. To these will be added supplementary grants in respect of the cost of the salary awards effective from last August. The result is that the universities are receiving in total 20 per cent. more grant in 1957–58 than in 1956–57; and will receive a further 28 per cent. increase over the next four years.