§ Mr. Radiceasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what grants were made from public funds to the University of Oxford for each year since 1978–79, in constant 1983–84 prices and in cash terms, excluding the 174W element of the grant paid since 1982–83 to compensate for the loss of fee income from the reduction in tuition fees for home students.
§ Sir Keith JosephRecurrent and capital grants made available to the University of Oxford on the advice of the University Grants Committee and the Computer Board in each financial year since 1978–79, excluding elements to compensate for the loss of fee income from the reduction of the home undergraduate tuition fee in 1982–83 and its 175W freezing in 1983–84, were as follows. (The real terms figures are the cash figures adjusted to a 1985–86 base,
£ Total University Grants Committee recurrent Computer Board recurrent University Grants Committee capital Computer Board capital Cash Real terms 1978–79 19,769,893 732,210 1,962,901 1,332,359 23,797,363 40,412,599 1979–80 23,862,000 781,608 2,608,063 224,328 27,475,999 39,912,260 1980–81 31,429,163 495,536 2,987,961 460,064 35,372,724 43,322,381 1981–82 32,558,053 423,956 3,344,824 253,278 36,580,111 40,735,090 1982–83 34,311,545 486,889 3,160,823 49,980 38,009,237 39,687,212 1983–84 37,404,168 517,303 3,163,190 141,155 41,225,816 41,225,816 These figures are not entirely comparable from year to year because of various other changes in funding arrangements during the period.