§ Mr. Formanasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will set out in tabular form the amount of money from public funds allocated to (a) the universities and (b) public sector institutions of higher education in each year from 1970 to the latest available date; and what this represents in terms of public expenditure per student in each case.
£ million cash Financial Years Capital and Current Outturn 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 Universities (GB) 1,006 1,279 1,360 1,473 1,520 1,562 Open University (UK) 42 52 55 56 57 60 Public Sector higher education (England) 652 796 881 925 965 998 The following table gives the average cost per student based on net institutional expenditure. Broadly speaking, this consists of the above expenditure less capital, and central administration costs.
£ Cash 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 Universities (GB)1 23,350 4,125 4,285 4,550 4,905 5,210 Maintained higher education (England) Polytechnics 2,500 2,915 3,050 3,090 2,975 3,015 Other higher education 2,090 2,460 2,720 2,875 3,010 3,120 1 Revised and on an academic year basis. 2 Estimated.