HC Deb 24 June 1992 vol 210 cc231-2W
Mr. Riddick

To ask the Secretary of State for Education how much was paid out by higher and further education institutions via block grant to student unions in the past nine years(a) as a national total, (b) per pupil and (c) by institution.

Mr. Forman

Grant payments from universities in Great Britain to their student unions in the years in question were:

Academic years £ million 1Per student (£)1
1982–83 15.1 45.91
1983–84 16.4 50.25
1984–85 15.9 48.68
Academic years £ million 1Per student (£)1
1985–86 17.0 51.12
1986–87 17.2 50.48
1987–88 17.5 50.56
1988–89 17.1 47.22
1989–90 18.0 47.07
1990–91 219.7 248.70
1 The per student figures are based on total full and part-time student numbers.
2Provisional.

The "Universities Statistical Record", which collects these figures, does not publish information on student union grants disaggregated by institution. Information is not available centrally for institutions in the polytechnics and colleges funding council sector or the further education sector.