HC Deb 21 February 1977 vol 926 cc474-5W
Mr. Brotherton

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what public funds have been awarded to Ruskin College, Oxford, in the last five years.

Mr. Oakes

Grant has been paid as follows:

defined by DES Circular 7/73, per 1,000 school population, there were in the Northern Region at the latest date for which figures are available; what were the comparative figures for Wales and

the other English regions; and what will be the figures in 1981 under her current proposals.

Mr. Oakes

The information for the academic year 1975–76 is as follows:

Region* and number of students in higher education institutions in the region per 1,000 of school population
North 40
Yorks/Humberside 53
East Midlands 41
East Anglia 55
Greater London 80
Other South-East 39
South-West 42
West Midlands 41
North-West 44
Wales 48
England and Wales 48
*The regions in 1975–76, following the reorganisation of local government in 1974, were not identical with those defined in the Annex to Circular 7/73.

No corresponding table is available for 1981.