HC Deb 17 February 1987 vol 110 c567W
11. Mr. Stanbrook

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make a statement about the present and future funding of Birkbeck college, University of London.

Mr. Walden

Following the University Grants Committee's decision to increase their original grant to London University for 1986–87 by £600,000, the Court of the University allocated £7.88 million to Birkbeck for the current year. For the next three years, the Committee has decided that Birkbeck should be treated as a special factor in its calculation of the block grant to the University. The internal distribution of the block grant will be for the University to decide.