§ Mr. Ron Daviesasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will provide the figures for the amount of money in cash and constant values paid by Her Majesty's Government and the local education authorities per head of the student population to public sector higher education in England and Wales in the financial year 1979–80 and in the present financial year.
§ Mr. WaldenThe information requested for 1979–80 and for 1984–85, the latest period for which actual data are available, is given in the following table.
Information on spending for Wales is the responsibility of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales and is not held by my Department.
Net Institutional Recurrent Expenditure Total Expenditure Cost per full-time equivalent advanced student Cash Real Terms* Cash Real Terms* £ million £ million £ £ 1979–80 525 879 2,290 3,830 1984–85 847 932 2,980 3,280 * The cash figures have been repriced to 1986–87 prices using the gross domestic product (market prices) deflator.