§ Mr. Gordon BrownTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will give central Government spending on universities per head of university population since 1979 at constant prices, including planned expenditure per head for 1988–89 to 1990–91, together with the intake to universities of undergraduate students for each of these years.
Mr. Jackson[holding answer 10 June 1988]: In the following table Government expenditure has been taken as University Grants Committee recurrent grant to universities in Great Britain plus home student fee income. Per capita figures for each financial year have been derived by dividing by full-time equivalent home student numbers. The figures are at constant 1986–87 prices as measured by the gross domestic product deflator. The full-time home undergraduate student intake shown relates to the corresponding academic year.
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Government expenditure per student New Undergraduate entrants £ (constant prices) 000's 1979–80 5,421 74.7 1980–81 5,773 76.4 1981–82 5,589 74.0 1982–83 5,796 71.6 1983–84 5,830 69.2
Government expenditure per student New Undergraduate entrants £ (constant prices) 000's 1984–85 5,790 70.5 1985–86 5,606 70.3 1986–87 5,552 70.7 1987–881 5,753 72.0 1988–891 5,829 73.6 1989–901 5,741 75.7 1990–911 5,621 74.2 1 Based on estimated figures.
Average expenditure (£) per pupil1 (Maintained, Nursery, Primary, Secondary and Special Schools—England) Year Teacher salaries2 Seconded teacher salaries Repair and maintained buildings Text and library books Educational equipment3 School meals and milk Cash terms Real terms Cash terms Real terms Cash terms Real terms Cash terms Real terms Cash terms Real terms Cash terms Real terms 1979–80 365 610 2 3 n/a n/a 6 10 14 23 50 84 1980–81 473 666 2 3 n/a n/a 7 10 16 23 49 69 1981–82 539 691 2 3 29 37 7 9 18 23 50 64 1982–83 586 701 3 4 34 41 8 10 21 25 53 63 1983–84 627 716 4 5 39 45 9 10 23 26 57 65 1984–85 665 728 6 7 41 45 9 10 25 27 59 65 1985–86 716 739 7 7 41 42 9 9 26 27 60 62 1986–87 800 800 11 11 48 48 11 11 32 32 64 64 1 Based on returns of expenditure to the Department of the Environment and of pupil numbers to the Department of Education and Science. 2 Excluding seconded teacher salaries. 3 Expenditure levels for different types of equipment are not available. The figures in the table show the overall expenditure on educational equipment. Note: The case figures for the earlier years have been repriced to 1986–87 real terms using the Gross Domestic Product (Market Prices) Deflator.