§ 15. Mr. Sumbergasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the change in real terms in the annual university funding between 1978–79 and 1984–85.
§ Mr. BrookeRecurrent grant to universities in Great Britain allocated by the University Grants Committee is414W estimated to have increased in 1983–84 cost terms by about 5 per cent. between the financial years 1978–79 and 1984–85, when adjusted to take account of the increases in 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.