§ Dr. David Clarkasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what allowance has been made in the financial provision of the University Grants Committee in 1979–80 in respect of the 7 per cent. increase in value added tax.
§ Dr. BoysonI refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to a similar question from the hon. Member for Rother Valley (Mr. Hardy) on 19 December.
§ Dr. David Clarkasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what allowance has been made in the financial provision of the University Grants Committee for inflation in the current year, and what this represents in percentage terms.
§ Dr. BoysonWithin the total recurrent grant payable to universities by the University Grants Committee in the financial year 1979–80, a total of £121 million has been provided for price increases and pay settlements. This represents an allowance of 15 per cent.
§ Dr. David Clarkasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what allowance has been made to the University Grants Committee for 1980–81 to offset inflation.
§ Dr. BoysonThe grant for 1980–81 has not yet been settled.
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§ Dr. David Clarkasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science when he last met representatives of the trade unions covering ancillary staff from institutions funded largely by the University Grants Committee.
§ Dr. BoysonAt the request of my right hon. and learned Friend I met representatives of trade unions covering non-teaching staff in universities on 26 November this year.
§ Dr. David Clarkasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many people are employed in institutions funded under the University Grants Committee in 1978–79; what is his projection for 1980–81 and 1981–82; and if he will indicate the numbers in (a) academic and (b) ancillary grades.
§ Dr. BoysonIn 1978–79 the number of people so employed, whether or not financed from general university funds, was about 110,000. 40,800 of these were
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ACADEMIC YEAR 1978–l79 University or College Full-time academic staff Full-time Students Part-time Total Aston … … 606 5,557 388 5,945 Bath … … 417 3,561 257 3,818 Birmingham … … 1,400 8,919 661 9,580 Bradford … … 543 4,934 396 5,330 Bristol … … 1,073 6,755 499 7,254 Brunel … … 332 2,722 801 3,523 Cambridge … … 1,177 11,299 1,023 12,322 City … … 352 2,834 415 3,249 Durham … … 513 4,301 199 4,500 East Anglia … … 364 3,872 132 4,004 Essex … … 330 2,795 159 2,954 Exeter … … 563 4,949 614 5,563 Hull … … 541 5,192 303 5,495 Keele … … 337 2,690 424 3,114 Kent … … 467 3,809 253 4,062 Lancaster … … 525 4,531 310 4,841 Leeds … … 1,334 10,297 840 11,137 Leicester … … 576 4,208 755 4,963 Liverpool … … 1,071 7,435 483 7,918 London Graduate School of Business Studies … … 67 224 10 234 London University … … 7,444 39,337 8,419 47,756 Loughborough … … 571 5,151 470 5,621 Manchester Business School … … 40 138 4 142 Manchester … … 1,598 10,982 918 11,900 University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology … … 539 3,862 141 4,003 Newcastle … … 1,092 7,619 515 8,134 Nottingham … … 884 6,500 638 7,138 Oxford … … 1,937 12,203 1,195 13,398 Reading … … 742 5,849 357 6,206 Salford … … 510 4,376 332 4,708 Sheffield … … 995 7,576 374 7,950 Southampton … … 925 6,106 347 6,453 Surrey … … 449 3,309 359 3,668 Sussex … … 672 4,321 201 4,522 Warwick … … 584 4,378 270 4,648 York … … 402 3,163 186 3,349 Total England … … 31,972 225,754 23,648 249,402 academic staff and about 70,000 were full-time and part-time ancillary staff. University grants for 1980–81 and 1981–82 have not yet been settled and I am therefore not able to estimate staff numbers in those years. In any case, it is for the institutions themselves to settle their staffing policy in the light of resources available to them.
§ Dr. David Clarkasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list in the Official Report the institutions under the University Grants Committee, together with the number of academic staff, ancillary staff and students in each.
§ Dr. BoysonDetails of the numbers of academic staff, whether or not financed from general university funds, and of full-time and part-time students at each of the universities on the UGC's grant list in the academic year 1978–79, are given below:
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University or College Full-time academic staff Full-time Students Part-time Total Aberystwyth UC 425 3,173 16 3,189 Bangor UC 409 2,978 145 3,123 Cardiff UC 699 5,347 448 5,795 St. David's, Lampeter 69 665 26 691 Swansea UC 499 3,846 186 4,032 Welsh National School of Medicine 221 778 28 806 University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology 323 2,808 64 2,872 University of Wales 2,645 19,595 913 20,508 Total England and Wales 34,617 245,349 24,561 269,910 Aberdeen 856 5,457 149 5,606 Dundee 513 2,867 199 3,066 Edinburgh 1,500 9,869 930 10,799 Glasgow 1,466 9,404 1,251 10,655 Heriot-Watt 335 3,066 229 3,295 St. Andrews 364 3,277 129 3,406 Stirling 287 2,645 162 2,807 Strathclyde 876 6,455 508 6,963 Total Scotland 6,197 43,040 3,557 46,597 Total Great Britain 40,814 288,389 28,118 316,507 There are, in addition, about 70,000 full-time and part-time ancillary staff, but the breakdown of these between individual universities is not available.