To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science, pursuant to his answer of 22 April, Official Report, column 310, on staff-student ratios at
| Public expenditure on higher education Calendar year 1986 | |||||||
| Recurrent public expenditure on higher education per qualifier at 1986 prices1 £ thousands | Student support/welfare | Typical duration of course (years) | |||||
| Country | Total | Excluding student support welfare | Type of support | Per student per year at 1986 prices £ | University | Non university | 1st degree qualifiers per 100 new entrants2 3 |
| Australia | 21·6 | 19·8 | Loan and grant | 279 | 5 | 2·3 | 61 |
| Belgium | 413·0 | 412·8 | Loan and grant | 432 | 4·6 | 2·3 | 3 5115 |
| Canada | 22·2 | 19·2 | Loan only | 491 | 4·5 | 2·3 | n/a |
| Denmark | 29·5 | 25·9 | Loan and grant | 591 | 4·7 | 3·5 | 95 |
| France | 9·9 | 9·1 | Loan and grant | 195 | 4 | 2 | n/a |
| Germany (FRG) | 16·6 | 16·2 | Loan only | 54 | 6·7 | 3·4 | 3 595 |
| Italy | 20·6 | 20·2 | Grant only | 40 | 5 | 2 | 633 |
| Japan | 728·3 | 728·0 | Loan only | 749 | 4 | 2 | 91 |
| Netherlands | 30·0 | 25·5 | Loan and grant | 653 | 4 | 4 | 576 |
| Spain | 7·1 | n/a | Grant only | n/a | 5 | 3 | 88 |
| Sweden | 14·1 | 13·6 | Loan and grant | 110 | 3 | n/a | n/a |
| United Kingdom | 815·6 | 811·2 | Grant only | 89739 | 103·4 | 2·3 | 383 |
| United States of America (a) | 1121·1 | 1118·2 | Loan and grant | 11386 | 4 | 2 | 86 |
| (b)12 | 1124·2 | 1121·5 | 11456 | ||||
| 1 At purchasing power parity. 1985 data for Japan have been adjusted via consumer price indices to calendar year 1986. | |||||||
| 2 New entrants in the year that precedes the qualifiers data by the average length of first degree courses in each country. | |||||||
universities, polytechnics and other establishments in each year since 1979–80, if he will give actual or estimated figures for the years 1989–90 and 1990–91.
Data are not yet available for 1990–91. Provisional student-staff ratios for 1989–90 are given below for universities, polytechnics and other establishments. Provisional data are given for higher education and further education separately and together for polytechnics and other establishments.
| Student-Staff Ratio England Academic year 1989–90 | |
| Ratio | |
| Universities (Great Britain) | 11·9 |
| Higher education | Further education | All | |
| Polytechnics | 14·6 | 11·7 | 14·5 |
| Other establishments | 13·0 | 11·8 | 12·0 |
Notes: Includes those former voluntary and direct grant colleges now funded by the PCFC.
Source: Annual Monitoring Survey for polytechnics and other establishments, University Statistical Record for universities.