HC Deb 14 June 1991 vol 192 c681W
Mr. Andrew Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what was the total number of teaching staff and the total salary bill, exclusive of the employers' insurance and superannuation contributions(a) for English universities, and (b) for polytechnics and colleges under the Polytechnics and Colleges Funding Council for 1984–85 and 1989–90.

Mr. Alan Howarth

Information on the numbers of universities' teaching staff and salaries inclusive of employers' insurance and superannuation contributions is contained in the annual volume "University Statistics Volume Three—Finance" table 9 published by the universities' statistical record. The latest edition is for financial year 1988–89. Copies of this publication are in the Library.

Data on polytechnics and colleges are not available in the requested form.