HC Deb 29 October 1981 vol 10 cc444-5W

Mrs. Renée Short asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what proportion of the income of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine has come from (a) Government funds, (b) student fees and (c) private sources for each of the past five years; if he will give the monetary figures as well; and if he will give the estimated figures for the next financial year.

Mr. Waldegrave: The school's income during the last five years for which figures are so far available was constituted as follows:

Total Government Funds Fees Private sources Other
£,000s per cent £,000s per cent £,000s per cent £,000s per cent
1975–76 1,951 1,684 86 86 5 22 1 159 8
1976–77 2,216 1,900 86 106 5 62 149 2 7
1977–78 2,383 1,933 81 227 10 33 1 191 8
1978–79 2,611 2,092 80 256 10 36 1 227 9
1979–80 3,366 2,612 78 348 10 49 1 357 11

The above figures do not include income from research grants or contracts about which separate information is not readily available.

The University of London itself decides how to allocate its recurrent grant between its constituent institutions. It is not therefore possible for me to predict the school's future income.

Mrs Renée Short asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will take steps to ensure the future viability of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Waldegrave: The Government have earmarked a sum of £3 million in the universities recurrent grant for 1981–82 to help ensure that uncertainty about prospective income from overseas students does not adversely affect selected postgraduate work of particular importance to the country. The University Grants Committee will decide how this money should be distributed to individual universities. The internal allocation of these resources is decided by the universities concerned.