§ Mr. Andrew F. Bennettasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish in the Official Report the number of university staff for each year since 1978–79, broken down into categories of academic, academic related and non-academic staff.
§ Mr. WaldenInformation for 1985–86 and for nonacademic staff is not readily available. The remaining information is as follows:
University staff: Great Britain Full-time Part-time Academic Academic related Academic Academic related 1978–79 40,814 n/a 1,422 n/a 1979–80 42,300 n/a 1,489 n/a 1980–81 43,017 9,389 1,577 343 1981–82 42,840 9,439 1,644 341 1982–83 41,994 9,087 2,266 464 1983–84 42,058 9,150 2,739 562 1984–85 42,500 9,326 3,236 590