§ Mr. Peter BottomleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what public resources are made available to Thames polytechnic.
§ Mr. Alan HowarthThe Polytechnics and Colleges Funding Council—PCFC—has made the following public funds available to Thames polytechnic for the financial year 1991–92:
£ Main allocation 19,307,579 Equipment 1,933,332 Hunter capital 541,700 Minor works 424,000 Research 250,000 Total 22,456,611 In addition the polytechnic's publicly funded tuition fee from funded places is expected to be £11,944,000. Total public funds available to the polytechnic are therefore £34,400,611. Institutions are free to recruit additional students who do not attract PCFC grant but who bring with them the publicly funded tuition fee, averaging £2,200 in the PCFC sector in 1991–92.