§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list the total Government funding for the 12 institutions of the British Post-Graduate Medical Federation in each year since 1978–79 at 1979 prices.
§ Mr. BrookeI understand that the total income of these institutions from Government funds, including research grants and contracts, fees and training grants met from public funds and payments by health authorities, but excluding capital grants, was as follows:
Academic years (cost terms using gross domestic product deflators) £ million 1978–79 13.8 1979–80 15.2 1980–81 15.2 1981–82 14.1 1982–83 13.4
§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list the total research staff and total staff of each institution of the British Post-Graduate Medical Federation in 1978–79 and each year since.
§ Mr. BrookeNumbers are only collected centrally for total teaching and research staff wholly funded from university funds in respect of the Federation as a whole. For the years requested, these are as follows:
Numbers 1978–79 450 1979–80 478 1980–81 501 1981–82 494 1982–83 496