asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish a table showing the recurrent grant to the universities for each year since 1978–79, in cash and constant prices, excluding those amounts representing compensation for changes in home student fees and compensation for redundancy and early retirement.

Recurrent grant to the universities for each year since 1978–79, in cash and constant prices, excluding additional funds provided by the Government for compensation for redundancy and early retirement, is as follows:

University Grants Committee recurrent grant
Financial years	Cash	Real terms1
1978–79	602·0	1,135·6
1979–80	728·5	1,175·9
1980–81	942·9	1,283·0
1981–82	968·0	1,198·9
1982–83	1,126·2	1,300·8
1983–84	1,192·2	1,317·8
1984–85	1,253·2	1,328·4
1985–86	1,282·6	1,282·6
1986–87	2l,317·8	1,279·4
1 At 1985–86 prices using the GDP deflator.
2 Estimate.

The table excludes the additional funding provided by the Government of £50 million and £30 million in the financial years 1982–83 and 1983–84 for redundancy and premature retirement compensation. The University Grants Committee paid a total of £153·1 million in compensation for redundancy and early retirement between the academic years 1981–82 and 1984–85.The £158·2 million increase in recurrent grant between the financial years 1981–82 and 1982–83 included an addition in respect of compensation for changes in home student fees, which is reflected in the provision for later years.