§ Mr. Bryan DaviesTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what was the total expenditure in(a) actual and (b) current prices on the enterprise and higher education initiative in each year since 1988; how many higher education institutions have participated in the initiative; and what was the total funding per higher education institution. [17661]
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§ Mr. ForthThe total figure for expenditure on the enterprise in higher education initiative in Great Britain is £60 million. It is not possible at this time to give year on year figures for Great Britain but those for England and Wales are given.
All prices £000 Year Cash prices Current prices1 1988–89 600 800 1989–90 2,300 2,960 1990–91 5,500 6,550 1991–92 8,700 9,750 1992–93 11,500 12,390 1993–94 9,300 9,740 1994–95 7,730 7,940 1995–96 24,650 4,650 Totals 350,280 54,780 1 Calculated using the GPD Deflators. 2 This is the budget for the year. 3 This excludes the six Scottish universities which participated for whom responsibility and funds were transferred to the Scottish Office. 54 higher education institutions in England and Wales were involved and the average funding per institution was £931,000 at cash prices or £1,014,000 at current prices.