§ Mr. Whiteheadasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will give figures for every local education authority in England for (a) its contribution to and (b) its receipt from the advanced further education pool in 1980–81 and 1981–82, respectively, in cash terms.
§ Mr. William SheltonCorresponding figures were given in theOfficial Report for 30 November 1981—column 41–42—at November 1980 prices. To translate these into cash, figures for 1980–81 should be deflated by a factor of 0.9086, and figures for 1981–82 should be inflated by a factor of 1.067.
§ Mr. Whiteheadasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if, pursuant to his written answer of 30 November, Official Report, column 40, he will set out the details of how the weightings for full-time equivalent student numbers were derived.
§ Mr. William SheltonFull-time equivalent student numbers are derived from the further education student record by modes of attendance and weighted as follows:
Full-time students 1.0 Sandwich students 0.9 Part-time day students 0.35 Evening only students 0.15 The method used for obtaining part-time student weightings is to divide total student curricular hours of such students by the average curricular hours for which a typical full-time student is taught, using data from a survey of further education establishments which is undertaken annually.
§ Mr. Whiteheadasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what assumptions were built into the March 1981 public expenditure White Paper, Cmnd. 8175, about average staff-student ratios in universities for 1982–83; and if he will set out the details of how the weightings for full-time equivalent student numbers used in those ratios were derived.
§ Mr. WaldegraveThere was reference in Cmnd. 8175 to a significant tightening of staffing standards in all sectors of higher and further education and also to discussion of the detailed implications of the plans with the University Grants Committee. No specific assumption about staff-student ratios in universities was made.