HC Deb 12 February 1973 vol 850 cc261-6W
Mr. Ashton

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether

RECURRENT GRANT DISTRIBUTION
(£'000)
University or College 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77
Aston 4,831 5,027 5,192 5,410 5,623
Bath 2,553 2,741 2,908 3,114 3,323
Birmingham 10,289 10,770 11,138 11,642 12,159
Bradford 4,544 4,918 5,201 5,550 5,911
Bristol 7,605 7,937 8,199 8,543 8,883
Brunel 2,847 3,061 3,309 3,580 3,863
Cambridge 11,206 11,533 11,660 11,539 11,667
City 3,246 3,418 3,571 3,761 3,953
Durham 3,467 3,733 3,913 4,145 4,374
East Anglia 3,019 3,320 3,570 3,894 4,232
Essex 2,211 2,488 2,706 3,001 3,315
Exeter 3,287 3,529 3,728 3,973 4,221
Hull 3,824 4,142 4,404 4,727 5,055
Keele 2,182 2,403 2,591 2,814 3,045
Kent 2,460 2,717 2,937 3,199 3,470
Lancaster 2,899 3,263 3,658 4,062 4,494
Leeds 10,399 10,994 11,515 12,148 12,797
Leicester 3,397 3,717 3,993 4,316 4,657
Liverpool 9,212 9,737 10,216 10,797 11,395
London Graduate School of Business Studies 164 170.5 182.5 191.5 201
London University:
excluding Imperial College 51,871 54,194 56,227 58,849 61,441
Imperial College 8,492 8,813 9,023 9,222 9,427
Loughborough 3,123 3,413 3,680 3,997 4,330
Manchester School of Business Studies 166.5 170.5 182.5 101.5 201
Manchester 11,381 11,937 12,462 13,120 13,781
University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology 5,346 5,517 5,682 5,932 6,182
Newcastle 7,726 8,099 8,401 8,793 9,178
Nottingham 6,053 6,497 6,789 7,257 7,747
Oxford 11,285 11,643 11,829 12,035 12,278

she will request that building work on the new Roman Catholic school at Mansfield should not be started while investigations into parents' objections are taking place, following the meeting of parents with the Under-Secretary, and in view of correspondence currently in progress.

Mr. St. John-Stevas

Approval for starting building work has not yet been given. My noble Friend hopes to write shortly to the hon. Member about the outstanding points made by parents at the meeting.

Mr. MacArthur

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she will publish, for each university in receipt of grant from the University Grants Committee, the recurrent grant and the equipment grant for each year of the quinquennium 1972 to 1977, together with the number of full-time students on which the grants are based for 1972–73 and 1976–77 in respect of each university.

Mr. St. John-Stevas

Universities have been notified by the University Grants Committee of the following allocations of recurrent and equipment grants for the quinquennium 1972 to 1977:

(£'000)
University or College 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77
Reading 5,162 5,551 5,836 6,109 6,363
Salford 4,883 5,036 5,231 5,479 5,724
Sheffield 7,682 8,063 8,417 8,854 9,302
Southampton 5,571 5,948 6,252 6,627 7,014
Surrey 3,363 3,555 3,736 3,963 4,267
Sussex 4,026 4,262 4,504 4,804 5,107
Warwick 2,831 3,179 3,572 3,998 4,455
York 2,450 2,580 2,722 2,894 3,071
Aberystwyth University College 2,653 2,862 3,020 3,211 3,405
Bangor University College 2,691 2,929 3,118 3,348 3,583
Cardiff University College 3,625 4,011 4,346 4,747 5,121
St. David's, Lampeter 344 397 430 471 513
Swansea University College 3,353 3,653 3,882 4,159 4,441
Welsh National School of Medicine 1,424 1,475 1,562 1,675 1,790
University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology 2,161 2,319 2,449 2,605 2,764
University of Wales Registry 391 413 441 477 576
Aberdeen 5,805 6,434 7,025 7,666 8,344
Dundee 3,683 4,091 4,464 4,911 5,381
Edinburgh 11,267 11,763 12,110 12,617 13,115
Glasgow 10,431 11,003 11,492 12,101 12,716
Heriot Watt 1,872 2,173 2,441 2,755 3,087
St. Andrews 2,613 2,913 3,158 3,449 3,754
Stirling 1,908 2,237 2,495 2,733 2,990
Strathclyde 5,671 5,972 6,221 6,533 6,844
Total distributed 294,945.5 312,721 327,791 345,988 364,930
EQUIPMENT GRANT
(£'000)
University or College 1972–3 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77
Aston 405 441 446 485 541
Bath 197 221 229 256 294
Birmingham 870 913 906 953 1,032
Bradford 402 432 438 472 524
Bristol 563 600 604 644 711
Brunel 220 257 270 313 368
Cambridge 1,066 1,060 1,077 968 1,016
City 333 332 314 314 320
Durham 202 224 230 254 290
East Anglia 179 217 236 280 337
Essex 97 130 144 185 231
Exeter 187 208 214 237 269
Hull 211 234 243 268 305
Keele 90 109 118 140 169
Kent 105 136 146 183 225
Lancaster 155 193 210 254 310
Leeds 929 1,099 1,291 1,149 1,300
Leicester 205 235 448 480 526
Liverpool 856 902 903 982 1,036
London University:
Imperial College 788 829 829 873 949
excluding Imperial College 4,520 4,609 4,692 4,756 4,736
Loughborough 286 330 351 402 471
Manchester 1,122 901 904 955 1,047
University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology 620 650 648 680 738
Newcastle 611 667 678 742 833
Nottingham 474 958 941 910 912
Oxford 853 881 882 934 1,025
Reading 333 380 395 449 521
Salford 452 457 469 524 600
Sheffield 903 667 779 711 778
Southampton 874 624 664 695 752
Surrey 315 348 358 394 448
Sussex 309 344 353 392 448
Warwick 157 178 185 211 243
York 145 166 172 195 226
Aberystwyth University College 173 185 188 204 226
(£'000)
University or College 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77
Bangor University College 241 259 261 285 318
Cardiff University College 291 335 352 403 470
St. David's, Lampeter 3 4 5 7 9
Swansea University College 325 352 354 383 428
Welsh National School of Medicine 321 211 74 79 90
University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology 250 167 175 201 235
Aberdeen 408 495 548 651 788
Dundee 492 326 476 615 482
Edinburgh 809 831 837 859 920
Glasgow 785 848 852 919 1,022
Heriot-Watt 310 336 347 269 311
St. Andrews 157 188 203 238 283
Stirling 354 112 131 166 209
Strathclyde 547 554 562 566 603
Total Great Britain £25,500 26,165 27,135 28,485 30,925

The University Grants Committee bases its grants to individual universities on a specific number of students in the final year of the quinquennium, but does not fix targets for other years. The 1976–77 figures are as follows:

University or College in 1976–77 Full Time Students
Aston 4,294
Bath 3,410
Birmingham 9,290
Bradford 5,111
Bristol 7,229
Burnel 3,314
Cambridge 11,280
City 3,111
Durham 4,401
East Anglia 4,674
Essex 3,927
Exeter 4,683
Hull 5,666
Keele 3,054
Kent 4,058
Lancaster 5,166
Leeds 11,551
Leicester 4,534
Liverpool 9,201
London Graduate School of Business Studies 227
London University (excluding Imperial College) 33,922
London University, Imperial College 5,041
Loughborough 3,783
Manchester School of Business Studies 230
Manchester 11,132
University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology 4,843
Newcastle 7,656
Nottingham 7,031
Oxford 11,982
Reading 6,298
Salford 4,748
Sheffield 7,611
Southampton 6,016
Surrey 3,703
Sussex 5,457
Warwick 4,542
York 3,383
Total England 235,559

University or College in 1976–77 Full Time Students
Aberystwyth U.C 3,529
Bangor U.C 3,495
Cardiff U.C 5,286
St. David's, Lampeter 584
Swansea U.C. 4,622
Welsh National School of Medicine 542
University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology 2,674
Total Wales 20,732
Aberdeen 7,882
Dundee 4,415
Edinburgh 10,554
Glasgow 10,570
Heriot-Watt 2,811
St. Andrews 3,711
Stirling 3,346
Strathclyde 6,420
Total Scotland 49,709
Total Great Britain 306,000