§ Mrs. Shirley Williamsasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will give in tabular form figures for the Government grant to the universities for each year of the quinquennium 1961–66, actual and proposed.
§ Mr. CroslandThe figures for Government grants to the universities from the Vote for Universities and Colleges, etc., Great Britain during the financial years 1961–62 to 1964–65 are as follows:
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£million Grant 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 Recurrent … 57.883 56.783 69.412 86.032 Capital* … 26.214 32.761 40.719 57.500 84.097 89.544 110.131 143.532 * Including grant towards the university share of the cost of accommodation in teaching hospitals. Estimates of the grants proposed for 1965–66 will be presented to Parliament shortly.
§ Mr. Chatawayasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what was the number of full-time students enrolled in universities in Great Britain at the latest available date.
§ Mr. Crosland135,186 at October, 1964.