§ Mr. Hanleyasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he will list grants made available to universities in Great Britain in the financial year 1984–85, on the advice of the University Grants Committee and of the computer board.
§ Sir Keith JosephThe information requested is as follows:
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Grants to Universities and Colleges, etc. for Recurrent Expenditure General Purpose Restructuring* Overseas Research Student Fees Support Scheme Total Subhead A1 Computers Subhead B2 £ £ £ £ £ Manchester University Institute of Science and Technology 16,143,980 1,345,718 153,041 17,642,739 — Newcastle upon Tyne University 31,707,830 448,410 82,359 32,238,599 306,195 Nottingham University 27,220,554 198,117 23,810 27,442,481 399,065 Oxford University 42,537,708 243,741 255,758 43,037,207 534,891 Reading University 18,547,599 752,390 40,484 19,340,473 159,383 Salford University 13,303,559 1,748,656 30,697 15,082,912 286,256 Sheffield University 32,331,261 1,229.081 48,401 33,608,743 218,631 Southampton University 24,178,542 388,770 67,203 24,634,515 315,461 Surrey University 12,570,927 1,566,995 29,390 14,167,312 131,451 Sussex University¶ 13,751,110 222,465 66,114 14,039,689 107,001 Warwick University 17,014,057 670,350 16,016 17,700,423 212,554 York University 11,307,496 899,845 3,162 12,210,503 103,845 University of Wales, including University Colleges and Institute of Science and Technology¶ 72,447,957 3,095,813 74,601 75,618,371 675,723 Aberdeen University 23,339,163 864,811 36,197 24,240,171 283,815 Dundee University 15,610,918 560,696 30,116 16,201,730 99,530 Edinburgh University 46,776,735 933,680 100,456 47,810,871 813,361 Glasgow University 44,730,496 1,934,480 81,114 46,746,090 299,117 Heriot-Watt University 11,476,215 656,361 14,895 12,147,471 114,279 St. Andrews University 12,171,056 113,021 30,621 12,314,698 109,142 Stirling University 8,957,760 722,509 5,162 9,685,431 56,402 Strathclyde University 24,216,196 1,180,695 110,779 25,507,670 239,580 London Business School 2,026,000 70,010 2,331 2,098,341 — Manchester Business School 1,157,000 45,901 — 1,202,901 20,744 Other payments †604,982 — ‡181,701 786,683 ║435,277 1,196,310,000 53,199,128 3,708,122 1,253,217,250 19,199,393 * Payments in respect of redundancy compensation only. †£554,129 paid direct to the University Central Council on Admissions, and £50,853 in respect of the National Engineering Kilbride. Laboratory, East ‡ £111,815 paid to Cranfield Institute of Technology, £62,335 to the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals for administration of the Overseas Research Student Fees Support Scheme and £7,551 to the Royal College of Art. ║ £435,277 paid to the Rutherford and Appleton Laboratories (SERC). ¶ In addition to the payments tabulated alongside the following in respect of compensation for loss of fee income were also made:— Bath £2,470, Bradford £20,910, Keele £5,205, Leeds £56,620, London £80,427, Sussex £85,338 and Wales £13,940. 112W113W
1984–85 Grants to Universities and Colleges, etc. For Capital Expenditure Capital Payments Subhead A2 Medical Subhead A3 *Furniture & Equipment Subhead A4 Computers Subhead B3 £ £ £ £ Aston University 2,354 — 1,495,536 5,301 Bath University 44,861 — 1,193,621 199,362 Birmingham University — 43,016 2,581,182 23,000 Bradford University — — 1,148,600 56,439 Bristol University — 774 1,887,153 380,603 Brunel University 12,866 — 1,103,933 25,413 Cambridge University 3,933 — 3,377,735 327,233 City University — — 676,489 43,795 Durham University 4,083 — 1,233,003 31,453 East Anglia University 692,671 — 930,286 1,553 Essex University — — 530,589 217,281 Exeter University 34,018 156,000 969,286 455,104 Hull University — — 754,553 677,634 Keele University 363,756 — 545,128 46,718 Kent University — — 635,050 139,457 Lancaster University — — 757,611 44,390 Leeds University — 186,230 2,873,986 1,022,212 Leicester University — 175,304 1,192,989 584,812 Liverpool University 593,779 92,641 2,368,749 1,454,116 London University, including its Colleges and Schools 1,849,557 4,630,047 18,275,779 1,695,187 Loughborough University of Technology — — 1,664,425 179,607 Manchester University 35,241 275,274 3,080,436 1,113,705 Manchester University Institute of Science and Technology — — 1,588,465 — Newcastle upon Tyne University 185,846 3,375,474 2,457,685 27,500 Nottingham University — 220,277 2,113,400 11,755 Oxford University 67,984 130,149 3,443,700 231,745
For Capital Expenditure Capital Payments Subhead A2 Medical Subhead A3 *Furniture & Equipment Subhead A4 Computers Subhead B3 £ £ £ £ Reading University 1,171,184 — 1,632,853 57,155 Salford University 984,883 — 1,152,448 842,518 Sheffield University 60,468 281,458 2,285,932 279,506 Southampton University 184,668 — 1,852,764 92,697 Surrey University 68,453 — 1,120,054 308,648 Sussex University — — 1,104,250 50,256 Warwick University 105,951 — 902,160 25,996 York University — — 788,036 5,780 University of Wales, including University Colleges and Institute of Science and Technology 134,361 — 4,746,220 275,553 Aberdeen University 22,286 788,182 1,606,752 — Dundee University 335 146,265 818,714 174 Edinburgh University — 35,744 3,018,264 432,040 Glasgow University 1,462,810 215,821 3,213,174 — Heriot-Watt University 690,051 —. 899,546 54,986 St. Andrews University — — 662,496 — Stirling University 180,596 — 356,414 146,848 Strathclyde University 38,223 — 1,823,957 198,792 London Business School — — 56,447 43,035 Manchester Business School — — 30,150 — Other payments — — — †687,380 8,995,218 10,752,656 86,950,000 12,496,739 * The sums provided from Subhead A4, earmarked for individual universities as shown, were transferred to a Deposit Account with the Paymaster General from which issues were made as required towards meeting the cost of furniture and equipment. The balance remaining in the Deposit Account at 31 March 1985, which is not liable to surrender to the Consolidated Fund, was £5,946,801. † Other payments comprise £166,693 fees paid to the Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency for negotiating contracts and £520,687 paid to the Rutherford and Appleton Laboratories (SERC) for networking projects. 114W115W
1984–85 Grants and loans for long term capital projects (subhead A2) Details of expenditure on works services costing more that £1,000,000 shown in Table 1 to the Estimate Projects Provision Expenditure Expenditure compared with provision Less than provided More than provided £ £ £ £ Building projects and purchases of existing buildings:— 1. New and ongoing projects originally expected to cost £1 million or more East Anglia University Education Building 530,000 635,826 — 105,826 Reading University Library; Phase II 824,000 840,870 — 16,870 Glasgow University Library: Phase III 1,334,000 1,432,722 — 98,722 Reading University Food Studies Building: Phase II 549,000 330,314 218,686 — Salford University Physical Restructuring 1,368,000 984,883 383,117 — London University: Bedford/Royal Holloway Merger i. Earth Sciences Building 755,000 457,047 297,953 — ii. Maths. Stats/Life Sciences/Physics Building 1,000,000 128,750 871,250 — Southampton University Library 395,000 138,568 256,432 — Sub total 6,755,000 4,948,980 2,027,438 221,418 2. On-going projects costing less than £1 million 2,865,000 1,080,588 1,784,412 — Purchase of sites and buildings scheduled for demolition 200,000 502,148 — 302,148 Loans 500,000 114,942 385,058 — Professional fees 2,000,000 2,348,560 — 348,560 Total £ 12,320,000 8,995,218 4,196,908 872,126
1984–85 Grants for expenditure long term capital computer projects (subhead B3) Details of expenditure on computer projects costing more that £1,000,000 shown in Table 2 to the Estimate Projects Provision Expenditure Expenditure compared with provision £ £ Less than provided £ More than provided £ Projects costing £1 million or more* Cambridge University New computer 328,000 327,233 767 — London University (Imperial College) New computer 575,000 517,500 57,500 — Manchester University Large scale computer 575,000 408,365 166,635 — Manchester University Front end computer 422,000 395,759 26,241 — Strathclyde University New computer 142,000 36,890 105,110 — Liverpool University New computer 1,000,000 1,399,467 — 399,467 Sub total 3,042,000 3,085,214 356,253 399,467 Projects costing less than £1 million 9,647,000 9,411,525 235,475 — Total£ 12,689,000 12,496,739 591,728 399,467 * These purchases are made on the basis of fixed price contracts.