HC Deb 21 May 1986 vol 98 cc182-3W
Mr. Adley

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list (a) for the Christchurch constituency, (b) for Dorset and (c) for England the total number of schools and the population therein for the last 10 years and the total population for each of those years.

Mr. Dunn

The number of maintained primary, secondary and nursery schools in Dorset and in England in the years 1976 to 1985, the number of pupils attending those schools and the total resident population are as follows. Comparable figures for Christchurch are not available centrally.

income and earnings from tutoring and demonstrating in the calculation of awards to postgraduate research students by the British Academy and each of the research councils.

Sir Keith Joseph

The Economic and Social Research Council currently disregards £1,280 of a student's income from those sources. The British Academy and the other four research councils each generally disregard £1,230. In the case of some studentships funded jointly by the Agriculture and Food Research Council and industry a higher disregard of £1,655 is applicable. The first £425 of any other income is also disregarded. University or college prizes or gifts are not treated as income and are totally disregarded.