§ Mr. Andrew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what was the total Government expenditure(a) per student for all students in full-time higher education, (b) per university student and (c) per student in polytechnics and other colleges in each of the last 10 years; and if he will express each annual change in real terms with 1979–80 = 100.
Mr. JacksonThe available data are as listed. The figures show the expenditure at 1986–87 prices per full-time equivalent student in universities, in polytechnics, and in higher education at other maintained establishments. The 1986–87 real terms figures have been indexed using 1979–80 as the base year.