§ Mr. Canavanasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) if he will estimate the cost to the public sector of future redundancies of academic and other staff arising from Government cuts in the financing of universities, after taking into account (a) redundancy costs if redundancies are costed according to the scheme recently adopted by the Department of Education and Science and (b) the consequent loss of income tax, national insurance contributions, including employer's surcharge, unemployment and social security benefits together with the indirect effects of all of the above and the administrative costs involved;
(2) if he will estimate the indirect cost to the public sector of reduced university expenditure on non—salary items, as a result of Government cuts in the financing of universities.
§ Mr. WaldegraveToo many variables are involved for such estimates to have any validity.