§ Mr. Greenwayasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what grants were made from public funds to the University of Oxford in the five years to May 1979 and in the latest five year period since then, expressed in real and money terms; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Brooke:Recurrent and capital grants made available to the University of Oxford, in the five financial years 1974–75 to 1978–79 and in the latest five financial years since then, on the advice of the University Grants Committee and the Computer Board, were as follows:
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Financial Year Cash £ *Cost £ 1974–75 17,039,457 51,749,194 1975–76 22,624,277 54,684,997
Financial Year Cash £ *Cost £ 1976–77 24,031,274 51,306,121 1977–78 21,471,621 40,272,378 1978–79 23,797,363 40,412,599 1979–80 27,475,999 39,912,260 1980–81 35,372,724 43,322,381 1981–82 36,580,111 40,735,090 1982–83 42,409,237 44,281,457 1983–84 †46,209,816 46,209,816 * Cash figures, deflated to a 1983–84 base, using GDP deflators which provide an estimate of the average movement of prices across the economy as a whole. † Includes £112,785 for redundancy and restructuring costs. The figures are not comparable from year to year because of various funding changes, most notably because of adjustments made to reflect changes in the level of the home university undergraduate tuition fee which for most students is paid from public funds. For example, the real value of this fee was more than doubled for the 1977–78 academic year, approximately halved for the 1982–83 academic year and further reduced for 1983–84. In all these cases there were compensating adjustments in UGC recurrent grant which prevent valid comparisons between years.
Individual Oxford Colleges also receive income from College fees which for most students are paid from public funds as part of the student award. These cover some of the costs which for other universities are met through UGC recurrent grant.