asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he will list grants made available to universities in Great Britain in the financial year 1984–85, on the advice of the University Grants Committee and of the computer board.
The information requested is as follows:
Grants to Universities and Colleges, etc. for Recurrent Expenditure
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General Purpose
| Restructuring*
| Overseas Research Student Fees Support Scheme
| Total Subhead A1
| Computers Subhead B2
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£
| £
| £
| £
| £
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| Manchester University Institute of Science and Technology | 16,143,980 | 1,345,718 | 153,041 | 17,642,739 | — |
| Newcastle upon Tyne University | 31,707,830 | 448,410 | 82,359 | 32,238,599 | 306,195 |
| Nottingham University | 27,220,554 | 198,117 | 23,810 | 27,442,481 | 399,065 |
| Oxford University | 42,537,708 | 243,741 | 255,758 | 43,037,207 | 534,891 |
| Reading University | 18,547,599 | 752,390 | 40,484 | 19,340,473 | 159,383 |
| Salford University | 13,303,559 | 1,748,656 | 30,697 | 15,082,912 | 286,256 |
| Sheffield University | 32,331,261 | 1,229.081 | 48,401 | 33,608,743 | 218,631 |
| Southampton University | 24,178,542 | 388,770 | 67,203 | 24,634,515 | 315,461 |
| Surrey University | 12,570,927 | 1,566,995 | 29,390 | 14,167,312 | 131,451 |
| Sussex University¶ | 13,751,110 | 222,465 | 66,114 | 14,039,689 | 107,001 |
| Warwick University | 17,014,057 | 670,350 | 16,016 | 17,700,423 | 212,554 |
| York University | 11,307,496 | 899,845 | 3,162 | 12,210,503 | 103,845 |
| University of Wales, including University Colleges and Institute of Science and Technology¶ | 72,447,957 | 3,095,813 | 74,601 | 75,618,371 | 675,723 |
| Aberdeen University | 23,339,163 | 864,811 | 36,197 | 24,240,171 | 283,815 |
| Dundee University | 15,610,918 | 560,696 | 30,116 | 16,201,730 | 99,530 |
| Edinburgh University | 46,776,735 | 933,680 | 100,456 | 47,810,871 | 813,361 |
| Glasgow University | 44,730,496 | 1,934,480 | 81,114 | 46,746,090 | 299,117 |
| Heriot-Watt University | 11,476,215 | 656,361 | 14,895 | 12,147,471 | 114,279 |
| St. Andrews University | 12,171,056 | 113,021 | 30,621 | 12,314,698 | 109,142 |
| Stirling University | 8,957,760 | 722,509 | 5,162 | 9,685,431 | 56,402 |
| Strathclyde University | 24,216,196 | 1,180,695 | 110,779 | 25,507,670 | 239,580 |
| London Business School | 2,026,000 | 70,010 | 2,331 | 2,098,341 | — |
| Manchester Business School | 1,157,000 | 45,901 | — | 1,202,901 | 20,744 |
| Other payments | †604,982 | — | ‡181,701 | 786,683 | ║435,277 |
| 1,196,310,000 | 53,199,128 | 3,708,122 | 1,253,217,250 | 19,199,393 | |
* Payments in respect of redundancy compensation only. | |||||
| †£554,129 paid direct to the University Central Council on Admissions, and £50,853 in respect of the National Engineering Kilbride. Laboratory, East | |||||
‡ £111,815 paid to Cranfield Institute of Technology, £62,335 to the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals for administration of the Overseas Research Student Fees Support Scheme and £7,551 to the Royal College of Art. | |||||
║ £435,277 paid to the Rutherford and Appleton Laboratories (SERC). | |||||
¶ In addition to the payments tabulated alongside the following in respect of compensation for loss of fee income were also made:— Bath £2,470, Bradford £20,910, Keele £5,205, Leeds £56,620, London £80,427, Sussex £85,338 and Wales £13,940. | |||||
1984–85
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Grants to Universities and Colleges, etc.
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For Capital Expenditure
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Capital Payments Subhead A2
| Medical Subhead A3
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*Furniture & Equipment Subhead A4
| Computers Subhead B3
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£
| £
| £
| £
| |
| Aston University | 2,354 | — | 1,495,536 | 5,301 |
| Bath University | 44,861 | — | 1,193,621 | 199,362 |
| Birmingham University | — | 43,016 | 2,581,182 | 23,000 |
| Bradford University | — | — | 1,148,600 | 56,439 |
| Bristol University | — | 774 | 1,887,153 | 380,603 |
| Brunel University | 12,866 | — | 1,103,933 | 25,413 |
| Cambridge University | 3,933 | — | 3,377,735 | 327,233 |
| City University | — | — | 676,489 | 43,795 |
| Durham University | 4,083 | — | 1,233,003 | 31,453 |
| East Anglia University | 692,671 | — | 930,286 | 1,553 |
| Essex University | — | — | 530,589 | 217,281 |
| Exeter University | 34,018 | 156,000 | 969,286 | 455,104 |
| Hull University | — | — | 754,553 | 677,634 |
| Keele University | 363,756 | — | 545,128 | 46,718 |
| Kent University | — | — | 635,050 | 139,457 |
| Lancaster University | — | — | 757,611 | 44,390 |
| Leeds University | — | 186,230 | 2,873,986 | 1,022,212 |
| Leicester University | — | 175,304 | 1,192,989 | 584,812 |
| Liverpool University | 593,779 | 92,641 | 2,368,749 | 1,454,116 |
| London University, including its Colleges and Schools | 1,849,557 | 4,630,047 | 18,275,779 | 1,695,187 |
| Loughborough University of Technology | — | — | 1,664,425 | 179,607 |
| Manchester University | 35,241 | 275,274 | 3,080,436 | 1,113,705 |
| Manchester University Institute of Science and Technology | — | — | 1,588,465 | — |
| Newcastle upon Tyne University | 185,846 | 3,375,474 | 2,457,685 | 27,500 |
| Nottingham University | — | 220,277 | 2,113,400 | 11,755 |
| Oxford University | 67,984 | 130,149 | 3,443,700 | 231,745 |
For Capital Expenditure
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Capital Payments Subhead A2
| Medical Subhead A3
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*Furniture & Equipment Subhead A4
| Computers Subhead B3
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£
| £
| £
| £
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| Reading University | 1,171,184 | — | 1,632,853 | 57,155 |
| Salford University | 984,883 | — | 1,152,448 | 842,518 |
| Sheffield University | 60,468 | 281,458 | 2,285,932 | 279,506 |
| Southampton University | 184,668 | — | 1,852,764 | 92,697 |
| Surrey University | 68,453 | — | 1,120,054 | 308,648 |
| Sussex University | — | — | 1,104,250 | 50,256 |
| Warwick University | 105,951 | — | 902,160 | 25,996 |
| York University | — | — | 788,036 | 5,780 |
| University of Wales, including University Colleges and Institute of Science and Technology | 134,361 | — | 4,746,220 | 275,553 |
| Aberdeen University | 22,286 | 788,182 | 1,606,752 | — |
| Dundee University | 335 | 146,265 | 818,714 | 174 |
| Edinburgh University | — | 35,744 | 3,018,264 | 432,040 |
| Glasgow University | 1,462,810 | 215,821 | 3,213,174 | — |
| Heriot-Watt University | 690,051 | —. | 899,546 | 54,986 |
| St. Andrews University | — | — | 662,496 | — |
| Stirling University | 180,596 | — | 356,414 | 146,848 |
| Strathclyde University | 38,223 | — | 1,823,957 | 198,792 |
| London Business School | — | — | 56,447 | 43,035 |
| Manchester Business School | — | — | 30,150 | — |
| Other payments | — | — | — | †687,380 |
| 8,995,218 | 10,752,656 | 86,950,000 | 12,496,739 | |
* The sums provided from Subhead A4, earmarked for individual universities as shown, were transferred to a Deposit Account with the Paymaster General from which issues were made as required towards meeting the cost of furniture and equipment. The balance remaining in the Deposit Account at 31 March 1985, which is not liable to surrender to the Consolidated Fund, was £5,946,801. | ||||
| † Other payments comprise £166,693 fees paid to the Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency for negotiating contracts and £520,687 paid to the Rutherford and Appleton Laboratories (SERC) for networking projects. | ||||
1984–85
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Grants and loans for long term capital projects (subhead A2)
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Details of expenditure on works services costing more that £1,000,000 shown in Table 1 to the Estimate
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Projects
| Provision
| Expenditure
| Expenditure compared with provision
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Less than provided
| More than provided
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£
| £
| £
| £
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| Building projects and purchases of existing buildings:— | ||||
| 1. New and ongoing projects originally expected to cost £1 million or more | ||||
| East Anglia University Education Building | 530,000 | 635,826 | — | 105,826 |
| Reading University Library; Phase II | 824,000 | 840,870 | — | 16,870 |
| Glasgow University Library: Phase III | 1,334,000 | 1,432,722 | — | 98,722 |
| Reading University Food Studies Building: Phase II | 549,000 | 330,314 | 218,686 | — |
| Salford University Physical Restructuring | 1,368,000 | 984,883 | 383,117 | — |
| London University: Bedford/Royal Holloway Merger | ||||
| i. Earth Sciences Building | 755,000 | 457,047 | 297,953 | — |
| ii. Maths. Stats/Life Sciences/Physics Building | 1,000,000 | 128,750 | 871,250 | — |
| Southampton University Library | 395,000 | 138,568 | 256,432 | — |
| Sub total | 6,755,000 | 4,948,980 | 2,027,438 | 221,418 |
| 2. On-going projects costing less than £1 million | 2,865,000 | 1,080,588 | 1,784,412 | — |
| Purchase of sites and buildings scheduled for demolition | 200,000 | 502,148 | — | 302,148 |
| Loans | 500,000 | 114,942 | 385,058 | — |
| Professional fees | 2,000,000 | 2,348,560 | — | 348,560 |
| Total £ | 12,320,000 | 8,995,218 | 4,196,908 | 872,126 |
1984–85
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Grants for expenditure long term capital computer projects (subhead B3) Details of expenditure on computer projects costing more that £1,000,000 shown in Table 2 to the Estimate
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Projects
| Provision
| Expenditure
| Expenditure compared with provision
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£
| £
| Less than provided £
| More than provided £
| |
| Projects costing £1 million or more* | ||||
| Cambridge University New computer | 328,000 | 327,233 | 767 | — |
| London University (Imperial College) New computer | 575,000 | 517,500 | 57,500 | — |
| Manchester University Large scale computer | 575,000 | 408,365 | 166,635 | — |
| Manchester University Front end computer | 422,000 | 395,759 | 26,241 | — |
| Strathclyde University New computer | 142,000 | 36,890 | 105,110 | — |
| Liverpool University New computer | 1,000,000 | 1,399,467 | — | 399,467 |
| Sub total | 3,042,000 | 3,085,214 | 356,253 | 399,467 |
| Projects costing less than £1 million | 9,647,000 | 9,411,525 | 235,475 | — |
| Total£ | 12,689,000 | 12,496,739 | 591,728 | 399,467 |
* These purchases are made on the basis of fixed price contracts. | ||||