HC Deb 23 July 1991 vol 195 cc493-4W
Mr. Andrew Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science, pursuant to his answer of 22 April,Official Report, column 310, on staff-student ratios at

Public expenditure on higher education Calendar year 1986
Recurrent public expenditure on higher education per qualifier at 1986 prices1 £ thousands Student support/welfare Typical duration of course (years)
Country Total Excluding student support welfare Type of support Per student per year at 1986 prices £ University Non university 1st degree qualifiers per 100 new entrants2 3
Australia 21.6 19.8 Loan and grant 279 5 2.3 61
Belgium 413.0 412.8 Loan and grant 432 4.6 2.3 3 5115
Canada 22.2 19.2 Loan only 491 4.5 2.3 n/a
Denmark 29.5 25.9 Loan and grant 591 4.7 3.5 95
France 9.9 9.1 Loan and grant 195 4 2 n/a
Germany (FRG) 16.6 16.2 Loan only 54 6.7 3.4 3 595
Italy 20.6 20.2 Grant only 40 5 2 633
Japan 728.3 728.0 Loan only 749 4 2 91
Netherlands 30.0 25.5 Loan and grant 653 4 4 576
Spain 7.1 n/a Grant only n/a 5 3 88
Sweden 14.1 13.6 Loan and grant 110 3 n/a n/a
United Kingdom 815.6 811.2 Grant only 89739 103.4 2.3 383
United States of America (a) 1121.1 1118.2 Loan and grant 11386 4 2 86
(b)12 1124.2 1121.5 11456
1 At purchasing power parity. 1985 data for Japan have been adjusted via consumer price indices to calendar year 1986.
2 New entrants in the year that precedes the qualifiers data by the average length of first degree courses in each country.

universities, polytechnics and other establishments in each year since 1979–80, if he will give actual or estimated figures for the years 1989–90 and 1990–91.

Mr. Alan Howarth

Data are not yet available for 1990–91. Provisional student-staff ratios for 1989–90 are given below for universities, polytechnics and other establishments. Provisional data are given for higher education and further education separately and together for polytechnics and other establishments.

Student-Staff Ratio England Academic year 1989–90
Ratio
Universities (Great Britain) 11.9

Higher education Further education All
Polytechnics 14.6 11.7 14.5
Other establishments 13.0 11.8 12.0

Notes: 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.