HC Deb 10 December 1974 vol 883 c112W
Mrs. Bain

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what the average per capital expenditure per student has been at English polytechnics in each of the last five years.

Mr. Prentice

It is estimated that the average gross annual costs, at outturn prices, for a polytechnic student in England, excluding loan charges and student maintenance, were as follows:

Unit Cost
Financial Year £
1970–71 751
1971–72 886
1972–73 1,056
1973–74 (provisional) 1,192

Similar information for 1969–70 is not available.