§ Mr. MurphyTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what has been the average unit of resource per full-time equivalent student for each90W academic year between 1979–80 and 1991–92 (a) gross domestic product deflated and (b) university pay and prices index deflated, with both answers expressed in t sterling.
§ Mr. Alan HowarthExpenditure data for financial years 1979–80 to 1989–90 per full-time equivalent student in universities are given in the table.
Unit costs in universities, financial years1 1979–80 to 1989–90 Using the GDP deflator2 Using the UPPI deflator3 1979–80 6,435 7,825 1980–81 6,840 7,485 1981–82 6,600 7,155 1982–83 6,830 7,355 1983–84 6,885 7,380 1984–85 6,815 7,295 1985–86 6,630 7,140 1986–87 6,555 6,845 1987–88 6,780 6,740 1988–89 6,620 6,655 1989–90 6,410 6,410 1 The unit of public funding for universities is estimated using the total of the University Funding Council recurrent grant (which is based on the financial year) and tuition fee income (excluding fees for overseas students) and the number of full-time equivalent students in the financial year. The recurrent grant figure includes UFC grant for research. 2 Real terms at 1989–90 prices, calculated using November 1991 GDP deflator. 3 Real terms at 1989–90 prices, calculated using Universities' Pay and Prices Index published September 1990.