§ Mr. Andrew F. Bennettasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish in the Official Report the value of the Government grant to the Open University for each year since 1971 in real terms, using 100 as a base in 1971.
§ Mr. BrookeThe following table gives the recurrent grant for each financial year; the recurrent grant revalued to 1983–84 cost terms*; and also expressed as an index using 100 as a base for the financial year 1971–72.
* Cost terms figures result from adjusting the cash outturn figures for past years to a base of average 1983–84 prices using the deflator for gross domestic product at market prices.
Financial Year Recurrent Grant Recurrent Grant at 1983–84 Cost Terms Recurrent Grant Expressed as an Index £ million £ million 1971–72 6.63 27.78 100.0 1972–73 7.90 30.72 110.6 1973–74 9.78 35.45 127.6 1974–75 13.86 42.09 151.5 1975–76 16.38 39.60 142.5 1976–77 23.57 50.32 181.1 1977–78 24.15 45.29 163.0 1978–79 29.96 50.88 183.1 1979–80 36.71 53.33 191.9 1980–81 47.13 57.72 207.7 1981–82 51.27 57.09 205.5 1982–83 *54.21 56.60 203.7 1983–84 *55.72 55.72 200.5 1984–85 *58.37 55.72 200.5 (estimate) * These sums exclude the loans of £1 million in 1982–83, £0.7 million in 1983–84 and £0.8 million in 1984–85 which were made available to enable the university to develop its professional, industrial and commercial updating activities.
§ Mr. Andrew F. Bennettasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish in the Official Report the real cost of Open University tuition fees and summer school fees for each year since 1971, using 100 as a base for 1971.
§ Mr. BrookeThe following table gives the undergraduate tuition fees and summer school fees revalued to 1983–84 cost terms*; and expressed as an index using 100 as a base for 1971.
* Cost terms figures result from adjusting the cash outturn figures for past years to a base of average 1983–84 prices using the deflator for gross domestic product at market prices.
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Academic Year Fee Fee at 1983–84 Cost Terms Fee Expressed as an Index £ £ Undergraduate Tuition Fees 1971 20 83.9 100.0
Academic Year Fee Fee at 1983–84 Cost Terms Fee Expressed as an Index £ £ 1972 20 77.8 92.6 1973 25 90.6 107.8 1974 25 75.9 90.3 1975 25 60.4 71.9 1976 40 85.4 101.6 1977 45 84.4 100.4 1978 52 88.3 105.1 1979 55 79.9 95.1 1980 67 82.1 97.7 1981 98 109.1 129.8 1982 120 125.3 149.1 1983 127.0 127 151.1 1984 133 126.9 151.0 Summer School Fees 1971 25.00 104.8 100.0 1972 25.00 97.2 92.3 1973 30.00 108.7 103.3 1974 34.00 103.3 98.1 1975 38.50 93.1 88.4 1976 49.00 104.6 99.4 1977 49.00 91.9 87.3 1978 50.00 84.9 80.7 1979 52.00 75.5 71.7 1980 62.00 75.9 72.1 1981 75.00 83.5 79.3 1982 77.00 80.4 76.4 1983 80.00 80.4 76 1984 88.00 84.0 79.8