§ Mr. Boydenasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer, to what degree the staff/student ratio in physics teaching in universities deteriorated in the period 1957 to 1962; and what improvements he expects in the next quinquennium.
§ Mr. GreenSeparate figures for physics are not available. The staff/ student ratio in the Pure Science faculties in universities can be calculated in different ways. One method shows a change, between 1957–58 and 1961–62, from 1: 6.9 to 1: 7.0; the other shows a change from 1:9.7 to 1: 10.3. The recurrent grant to universities for the quinquennium 1962–67 was fixed on the assumption that the overall staff/student ratio would remain at about the 1961–62 level.