§ Mr. Ashtonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether
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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-StevasApproval 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. MacArthurasked 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-StevasUniversities have been notified by the University Grants Committee of the following allocations of recurrent and equipment grants for the quinquennium 1972 to 1977:
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(£'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 264W 265W
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:
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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