HC Deb 09 April 1984 vol 58 cc132-3W
Mr. O'Neill

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what were the funds allocated by the University Grants Committee to each Scottish university in each academic year since 1978 (a) in total and (b) per undergraduate student.

Mr. Brooke

Following are the funds allocated by the University Grants Committee to each Scottish university in each academic year since 1978. No conclusions should be drawn from year to year changes in these figures because of:

  1. (i) the progressive withdrawal of the overseas student subsidy and changes in the funding of students from the European Community;
  2. (ii) changes in the method of funding or minor capital works;
  3. (iii) the inclusion of compensation for changes in the level of the home tuition fee;
  4. (iv) the inclusion of some redundancy payments;
  5. (v) the provisional nature of the recurrent grant allocations for 1983–84 and 1984–85. The figures given are the UGC's original provisional allocations. Some funds are still to be distributed.

Figures for non-recurrent Exchequer grants reflect the uneven incidence of provision for capital expenditure. Figures are not yet available for 1983–84 or 1984–85.

students. The calculation proposed would therefore be misleading but undergraduate student numbers are as follows.

Full-time undergraduate students (those paying home fees are shown in brackets)
1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 †l983–84 1984–85
Aberdeen 4,809 4,878 4,977 4,944 4,927 4,900 n.a.
(4,595) (4,654) (4,755) (4,783) (4,809) (4,765) n.a.
Dundee 2,483 2,464 2,688 2,877 2,936 2,800 n.a.
(2,276) (2,293) (2,532) (2,740) (2,813) (2,710) n.a.
Edinburgh 8,448 8,323 8,561 8,661 8,545 8,610 n.a.
(8,020) (7,975) (8,236) (8,391) (8,335) (8,370) n.a.
Glasgow 8,702 8,940 9,065 9,185 9,111 9,060 n.a.
(8,381) (8,526) (8,697) (8,867( (8,760) (8,620) n.a.
Heriot-Watt 2,749 2,749 2,882 2,837 2,914 2,500 n.a.
(2,434) (2,468) (2,613) (2,605) (2,659) (2,410) n.a.
St. Andrew's 3,052 3,176 3,146 3,217 3,161 3,240 n.a.
(2,824) (2,935) (3,023) (3,095) (3,028) (3,050) n.a.
Stirling 2,380 2,487 2,702 2,527 2,372 2,280 n.a.
(2,194) (2,291) (2,550) (2,432) (2,315) (2,175) n.a.
Strathclyde 5,457 5,552 5,669 5,835 5,858 5,760 n.a.
(5,085) (5,181) (5,316) (5,465) (5,464) (5,375) n.a.
† Provisional
n.a. Not available

Mr. O'Neill

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what was the number of undergraduate students at each Scottish university for each year since 1978.

1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 *1983–84
Full-time and sandwich undergraduates
Aberdeen 4,809 4,878 4,977 4,944 4,927 4,900
Dundee 2,483 2,464 2,688 2,877 2,936 2,800
Edinburgh 8,448 8,323 8,561 8,661 8,545 8,610
Glasgow 8,702 8,940 9,065 9,185 9,111 9,060
Heriot-Watt 2,749 2,749 2,882 2,837 2,914 2,500
St. Andrews 3,052 3,176 3,146 3,217 3,161 3,240
Stirling 2,380 2,487 2,702 2,527 2,372 2,280
Strathclyde 5,457 5,552 5,669 5,835 5,858 5,760
Total 38,080 38,569 39,690 40,083 39,824 39,150
Part-time undergraduates
Aberdeen 1 — — 10 12 †
Dundee 1 — — — — †
Edinburgh 172 129 107 123 107 †
Glasgow 409 430 441 652 877 †
Heriot-Watt 56 52 91 86 83 †
St. Andrews 1 1 1 6 16 †
Stirling — 14 62 102 141 †
Strathclyde 29 24 3 19 24 †
Total 669 650 732 998 1,260 †
* Provisional.
† Not available.