§ Mrs. FyfeTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the percentage increase or decrease in real terms, allowing for inflation, for spending on(a) universities and (b) further and adult education from 1982–83 to 1992–93.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonBetween 1982–83 and 1992–93 the then eight Scottish universities were funded by the University Grants Committee and, latterly, the Universities Funding Council. During that period total recurrent public expenditure on the eight universities, in the form of UGC and UFC grants for teaching and research and tuition fees in respect of those students on full-time courses who were charged fees at the home rate, increased by 3.5 per cent. in real terms.
The increase in current expenditure on further education in real terms by local authorities over the same period was 4.2 per cent. This includes expenditure on adult education.