§ Mr. Brothertonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what public funds have been awarded to Ruskin College, Oxford, in the last five years.
§ Mr. OakesGrant 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
475Wthe other English regions; and what will be the figures in 1981 under her current proposals.
§ Mr. OakesThe 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.