§ Mr. Ieuan Wyn JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish the figures for the number of students in each university college in Wales who were normally resident in Wales for both 1989 and 1990; and if he will publish the figures in percentage form of the total number of students attending each college.
§ Mr. Alan HowarthThe numbers of students in academic year 1989–90 in each university college in Wales of Welsh domicile, and as expressed as percentages of the total numbers of students attending each college, are given in the table. The data cover all students whether full time, part time, undergraduate or postgraduate.
The numbers for 1990 are not yet available.
Total education spending Teachers' salaries Cash terms 1989–90 prices Increase Cash terms 1989–90 prices Increase £ billion £ billion Per cent. £ billion £ billion Per cent. 1970–71 2.6 16.5 — 0.6 4.1 — 1980–81 12.9 21.9 33 3.7 6.3 54 1988–89 22.0 23.4 7 6.6 7.0 11 1989–90 24.1 24.1 3 n.a. n.a. — Notes:
1. The total education spending figures are drawn from the relevant Public Expenditure White Papers.
2. The figures for spending on teachers' salaries are drawn from local authority spending returns. Data for 1989–90 are not yet available. Spending on teachers' salaries includes on-cost such as superannuation. No account is taken of changes in teacher numbers over the period shown.
3. The "increase" column shows the increase in spending at 1989–90 prices over the previous year shown.
4. The figures at 1989–90 prices have been calculated using latest GDP deflators.