§ Mr. Andrew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what was(a) the capital expenditure funded by the University Grants Committee and (b) the same figures for capital expenditure on polytechnics and other colleges, for each of the last 10 years, expressing each annual change in real terms with 1979–80 =10.
Mr. JacksonThe table shows capital grants made to the universities on the advice of the University Grants Committee and gross capital expenditure on further and higher education by local authorities, together with capital grants to voluntary and direct grant colleges, expressed as indicated in real terms as measured by the gross domestic product deflator.
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Financial years Universities (Great Britain) Polytechnics and other colleges (England) Index Index 1979–80 100 100 1980–81 94 109 1981–82 90 98 1982–83 87 115 1983–84 81 110 1984–85 79 115
Financial years Universities (Great Britain) Polytechnics and other colleges (England) Index Index 1985–86 83 116 1986–87 89 123 1987–88 84 86 1988–89 86 n/a