University Grants Committee (Hansard, 10 February 1989)

HC Deb 10 February 1989 vol 146 c844W 844W

§ Mr. Andrew Smith
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what was his Department's total allocation to the University Grants Committee for each of the last 10 years.

Mr. Jackson
Recurrent and capital grants made to universities in Great Britain on the advice of the University Grants Committee have been:

Financial years £ million

1979–80 816.3

1980–81 1,040.8

1981–82 1,071.1

1982–83 1,283.0

1983–84 1,325.3

1984–85 1,359.9

1985–86 1,400.8

1986–87 1,450.3

1987–88 1,592.8

1988–89 ¹1,725.0

¹ Estimated

Financial years	£ million
1979–80	816.3
1980–81	1,040.8
1981–82	1,071.1
1982–83	1,283.0
1983–84	1,325.3
1984–85	1,359.9
1985–86	1,400.8
1986–87	1,450.3
1987–88	1,592.8
1988–89	¹1,725.0
¹ Estimated