HC Deb 22 April 1991 vol 189 cc308-9W
Mr. Andrew Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list figures for(a) recurrent and (b) capital spending by the Government on adult education for each year since 1978–79 in (i) cash terms and (ii) real terms indexed so that 1978–79 equals 100.

2. Mr. Eggar

Central Government expenditure in respect of adult education bodies, REPLAN and PICKUP, is given in the tables. It is not possible to express expenditure in real terms, indexed so that 1978–79 equals 100. Instead the figures are given in cash terms and at 1978–79 prices.

Recurrent expenditure—£ million
Year Cash terms 1978–79 prices
1978–79 1 1
1979–80 1 1
1980–81 1 1
1981–82 1 1
1982–83 11.207 6.909
1983–84 13.458 7.930
1984–85 14.635 8.208
1985–86 18.079 9.616
1986–87 23.470 12.–67
1987–88 23.614 11.530
1988–89 27.612 12.551
1989–90 22.485 9.605
1990–912 25.357 10.050
1Expenditure on adult education not separately identified.
2Provisional.

Notes:

1. From 1986–87 onwards, the figures include grants allocated for continuing education related to the development of PICKUP-type provision by the UGC/UFC and the NAB/PCFC.

2. Expenditure on REPLAN and PICKUP includes grants to the FEU.

3. From 1989–90 onwards, responsibility for payment of grants to English universities' extra-mural departments was transferred from the Department to the UFC.

4. The expenditure in 1990–91 takes account of the transfer from the Department to local education authorities of some of the responsibility for funding the English districts of the WEA.

Capital expenditure
£ million
Cash terms 1978–79 prices
1978–79 1 1
1979–80 1 1
1980–81 1 1
1981–82 1 1
1982–83 0.029 0.018
1983–84 0.015 0.009
1984–85 0.052 0.029
1985–86 0.074 0.039
1986–87 0.044 0.023
1987–88 0.014 0.007
1988–89 0.041 0.019
1989–90 0.043 0.018
1990–91 0.018 0.007
1Capital expenditure not separately identified.

Expenditure supported through education support grants Expenditure supported through local education authority training grants scheme
£ million £ million
Cash terms 1978–79 prices Cash terms 1978–79 prices
1978–79
1979–80
1980–81
1981–82
1982–83
1983–84
1984–85
1985–86 3.011 1.602 1.224 0.651
1986–87 5.512 2.834 1.224 0.629
1987–88 4.878 2.382 2.030 0.991
1988–89 2.646 1.203 2.155 0.980
1989–90 5.078 2.169 3.300 1.410
11990–91 3.917 1.553 2.682 1.063
1 Provisional.

Student:Staff ratios
England
Academic years 1978–79 to 1988–89
1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89
Polytechnics
Higher education 8.4 8.9 9.7 10.3 11.1 11.5 12.0 12.4 12.9 13.7
Further education 8.3 7.6 9.1 10.7 11.1 13.0 11.6 12.2 12.8 12.3
All 8.4 8.8 9.7 10.3 11.1 11.6 12.0 12.4 12.9 13.6
Other establishments (Note 1)
Higher education 7.3 7.6 8.4 8.7 9.0 9.6 9.7 10.2 10.5 12.3
Further education 9.4 9.1 9.2 9.6 9.5 9.8 10.3 10.6 10.8 11.3
All 8.8 8.8 9.0 9.3 9.4 9.8 10.2 10.6 10.8 11.4
Universities (Great Britain) 9.3 9.4 9.6 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.3 10.5 10.7 11.4

Notes:

1. Excludes voluntary and direct grant colleges in all years up to and including 1987–88. 1988–89 includes those former voluntary and direct grant colleges now funded by the PCFC.

Source: Annual Monitoring Survey for polytechnics and other establishments, University Statistical Record for universities.

Mr. Andrew Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what number of higher education academic and non-academic staff have(a) taken early retirement and (b) accepted redundancy in each year since 1978–79; and what was the total cost to the Government for higher education academic and non-academic staff taking early retirement or accepting redundancy for each year since 1978–79 in (i) cash terms and (ii) real terms indexed so that 1978–79 equals 100.

Academic year Academic and related staff Non-academic staff
Number Cost Index Number Cost Index
£ million £ million
1981–82 1,600 35 100
1982–83 1,100 31 83 1,800 19 100
1983–84 1,000 30 77 400 6 30
1984–85 700 23 56 550 9 43
1986–87 335 10 22 385 4 18
1987–88 775 29 61 370 6 25
1988–89 1,225 49 97 360 8 31
11989–90 1,080 25 46 295 3 11
1 21990–91 815 15 26 65 1 3
1 Figures for 1989–90 and 1990–91 are at 50 per cent, reimbursement rate.
2 Figures for 1990–91 are for year to date.

Information on the numbers of staff in polytechnics and higher education colleges who took early retirement before the creation of the Polytechnics and Colleges Funding Council is not collected centrally.