§ Mr. Dewarasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what information he has on the recurrent grant for (a) each of the eight Scottish universities and (b) all eight universities in each of the last five years (i) in cash terms and (ii) in constant terms; and if he will express these sums as a percentage of the recurrent grant paid to all universities in Great Britain in each of these years.
§ Mr. WaldenThe information is as follows:
11WThe figures are not comparable from year to year because of various changes in funding arrangements; most notably adjustments made to reflect changes in the level of the home undergraduate tuition fee, provision for redundancy and restructuring costs and for new initiatives such as the information technology and new blood programmes.