§ 38. Mrs. Currieasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what was the total grant to British universities in 1979, at 1985 prices; and what it is for the current year.
§ Mr. BrookeRecurrent grant to universities in Great Britain by the University Grants Committee is estimated to have increased in 1983–84 cost terms from £1,022 million in the financial year 1978–79 to £1,074 million in the financial year 1984–85, when adjusted to take account of increases in the grant to compensate for changes in the level of the undergraduate home tuition fee. The figures have not been adjusted to take account of other funding changes in this period.