To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how much has been spent on student unions in each of the last 10 years by (a) central Government and (b) local government expressed in (i) cost terms and (ii) real terms with 1979 = 100.

This information is not available. I shall write to the hon. Member.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how much his survey on student unions cost to compile

As I indicated in my reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Basildon (Mr. Amess) on 1 December 1988, at column 356, work on the survey was undertaken by a team of officials which includes student affairs among its normal responsibilities. This was supplemented, from 9 December, by overtime payments and part-time assistance, the total cost of which was £1,720.