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Freedom of Information

Mr. Keetch: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will publish his Departments's submissions relating to freedom of information legislation. [6039]

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Dr. Howells [holding reply 2 July 1997]: I refer the hon. Member to the reply given by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister on 4 July, Official Report, column 293-94.

School Furniture

Mrs. May: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what research his Department has (a) conducted and (b) commissioned on the appropriate furniture to be used in schools to reduce back problems in children. [6820]

Mr. Byers: The Department has a long history of commissioning research into appropriate furniture for schools, to reduce the problems associated with muscular strain and bad posture. Research commissioned by the Department's Architects and Building Branch in the 1970s and 1980s was written up and published as Building Bulletins on pupils' sizes and the heights and working dimensions of furniture.

More recently, the Department commissioned research on the suitability of information technology furniture for children in primary schools, which prompted a practical design project and an information video for LEAs, schools and designers. We are currently considering the possibility of commissioning new research in a number of areas related to the design of schools' furniture.

Mrs. May: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what guidance his Department has issued to (i) local education authorities and (ii) schools on the type of chairs to be used in schools to reduce the risk of back problems among children. [6819]

Mr. Byers: To minimise the risk of discomfort or injury to school pupils, it is important that all school furniture--not only chairs--is designed carefully to meet the needs of those who will use it. The Department has published general guidance in Building Bulletin 62, which gives data on the size, weight and body dimensions of school pupils, and Building Bulletins 38,50, and 52, which cover the heights and working dimensions of school furniture, including chairs. Last year the Department's Architects and Building Branch produced, as examples of good practice, a new design for a computer table to meet the particular needs of younger children, and a video on information technology furniture in both primary and secondary schools. Two recent publications include detailed dimensions and specifications for furniture used in specific subjects at secondary level: Building Bulletin 80 (Science) and Building Bulletin 81 (Design and Technology). Guidance on other subject areas will follow soon.

Undergraduate Courses

Ms Hodge: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list (a) in total and (b) for each institution funded through the HEFC for England, the average costs to public funds, excluding maintenance costs, of teaching undergraduate courses (i) by fee band and (ii) overall. [6499]

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Dr. Howells: The information is not available in the form requested. The table gives a total figure for fee income, by fee band, total number of full-time

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undergraduates, total teaching grant and non-formula funding for 1996-97 for institutions in England overall, and the same information for individual institutions.

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1996-97 Teaching grant and fee income for full-time students

	Fee income 1996-97				Teaching grant 1996-97
Institution	Band 1	Band 2	Band 3	Total number of FTUG students	Undergraduate	Postgraduate	Non-formula funding 1996-97
England total	205,978,710	582,527,637	30,284,800	649,534	1,662,413,025	150,861,459	110,039,472
Anglia Polytechnic University	3,009,750	5,827,200	0	7,655	15,501,339	212,249	878,600
Ashton University	1,399,500	2,428,800	0	3,384	10,158,348	760,747	408,652
University of Bath	1,168,500	3,721,600	0	3,884	11,247,034	763,461	469,850
Bath College of HE	498,000	1,436,800	0	1,562	3,393,943	85,616	214,228
University of Birmingham	3,717,810	9,070,272	1,842,400	11,284	30,959,266	4,595,948	1,036,009
Birkbeck College	12,000	8,000	0	21	79,662	689,543	1,563,000
Bishop Grosseteste College	49,500	80,000	0	116	211,763	0	0
Bolton Institute of HE	1,110,323	3,044,384	0	3,383	8,113,968	1,001,592	165,383
Bournemouth University	1,671,750	6,099,200	0	6,041	12,834,872	424,223	182,154
University of Bradford	1,523,250	5,182,400	0	5,270	14,200,850	870,133	377,265
Bretton Hall	65,250	2,115,200	0	1,409	2,667,632	37,628	84,307
University of Brighton	1,559,250	5,923,200	0	5,781	16,241,462	403,452	398,666
University of Bristol	2,427,000	6,344,000	1,954,400	7,899	27,463,688	2,523,817	342,411
Brunei University	1,882,493	6,397,040	0	6,508	15,005,200	1,454,600	2,481,354
Buckinghamshire College of HE	1,659,000	3,769,600	0	4,568	9,763,728	196,874	83,500
University of Cambridge	3,542,250	7,112,000	1,338,400	9,646	30,564,724	5,101,770	-8,124,899
University of Central England	1,875,000	6,968,000	0	6,855	15,150,627	1,661,700	300,000
University of Central Lancashire	3,214,500	8,401,600	0	9,537	23,855,110	720,944	170,000
Central School of Speech and
Drama	0	689,600	0	431	1,311,322	97,900	330,611
Canterbury Christ Church College	641,250	2,128,000	0	2,185	3,902,575	130,194	100,000
Cheltenham and Gloucester CHE	1,458,000	3,564,800	0	4,172	9,490,091	278,048	162,712
Chester College of HE	151,500	2,112,000	0	1,522	3,033,468	0	111,667
Chichester Institute of HE	569,250	1,387,200	0	1,626	3,759,749	23,703	10,000
City University	779,250	2,606,400	0	2,668	6,827,436	1,240,999	3,579,067
Coventry University	1,989,375	8,660,000	0	8,065	22,529,184	991,278	134,186
Cranfield University	31,500	460,800	0	330	1,185,500	7,840,900	663,670
Cumbria College of Art and
Design	60,750	865,600	0	622	956,390	0	0
Dartington College of Arts	0	704,000	0	440	1,292,865	17,833	0
De Montfort University	3,269,250	13,521,600	0	12,810	30,941,103	1,935,675	279,400
University of Derby	2,508,750	5,956,800	0	7,068	11,262,606	169,309	121,440
University of Durham	2,672,588	5,689,440	0	7,119	16,674,281	1,376,429	918,312
University of East Anglia	2,448,000	2,470,400	0	4,808	11,319,988	1,119,381	512,677
University of East London	2,675,250	4,761,600	0	6,543	16,838,268	1,098,124	2,240,200
Edge Hill College of HE	642,000	1,883,200	0	2,033	4,158,684	27,490	181,132
Institute of Education	0	0	0	0	0	386,233	967,000
University of Essex	1,777,500	1,686,400	0	3,424	8,515,649	1,245,550	247,009
University of Exeter	2,203,500	4,171,200	0	5,545	14,704,934	908,504	396,984
Falmouth College of Arts	85,500	1,262,400	0	903	1,731,213	70,000	0
Goldsmiths College	822,000	2,200,000	0	2,471	6,294,314	1,028,566	1,792,000
University of Greenwich	2,071,380	6,558,080	0	6,861	18,324,853	1,700,029	3,288,100
The College of Guidance Studies	0	0	0	0	0	144,954	26,667
Harper Adams Agricultural
College	61,500	2,126,400	0	1,411	4,088,441	56,436	206,133
University of Hertfordshire	2,144,250	8,608,000	0	8,239	21,894,361	1,085,527	1,262,979
Homerton College, Cambridge	5,250	11,200	0	14	64,467	0	0
University of Huddersfield	2,011,500	6,334,400	0	6,641	17,089,262	1,157,618	39,300
University of Hull	2,664,000	3,358,400	0	5,651	13,779,175	1,341,154	462,900
Imperial College	455,625	4,493,600	901,600	3,738	16,143,207	4,594,082	7,148,342
Keele University	2,267,250	852,800	0	3,556	6,913,874	622,196	150,000
University of Kent at Canterbury	2,621,250	2,449,600	0	5,026	11,676,374	1,305,556	235,333
Kent Institute of Art and Design	0	2,174,400	0	1,359	3,393,435	65,000	0
King Alfred's College, Winchester	806,400	1,177,280	0	1,811	2,665,238	25,542	100,000
King's College London	1,712,250	5,017,600	1,215,200	5,853	17,724,246	2,070,117	5,336,866
Kingston University	2,299,875	7,230,400	0	7,586	20,119,769	706,302	2,310,100
Lancaster University	2,547,375	3,741,440	0	5,735	12,668,029	1,755,857	257,960
La Sainte Union College of HE	490,500	699,200	0	1,091	2,131,190	0	100,000
University of Leeds	4,676,250	10,713,600	1,587,600	13,498	36,812,645	3,226,388	1,054,288
Leeds Metropolitan University	1,758,000	8,230,400	0	7,488	22,944,041	1,169,265	119,266
University of Leicester	2,470,500	3,467,200	1,038,800	5,832	16,206,515	1,907,803	383,244
University of Lincolnshire and
Humberside	2,796,750	6,523,200	0	7,806	15,970,000	476,500	100,000
University of Liverpool	2,796,750	7,308,800	2,248,400	9,100	29,608,112	3,728,890	443,579
Liverpool Hope College	542,250	2,518,400	0	2,297	4,730,996	0	0
Liverpool John Moores University	2,485,500	9,726,400	0	9,393	23,408,985	1,431,513	172,517
University of London--Senate	317,250	0	0	423	1,146,680	755,789	9,976,587
Institute of Cancer Research	0	0	0	0	0	0	4,132,078
Charing Cross and Westminster
MS	0	459,200	1,122,800	688	5,698,755	118,744	1,053,602
Royal Free Hospital School of
Medicine	0	272,000	879,200	484	3,333,995	132,784	762,581
United Medical and Dental
Schools	0	816,000	2,100,000	1,260	9,310,597	475,493	2,023,581
London Business School	0	0	0	0	0	324,728	638,000
London School of Economics and
Political Science	1,261,500	84,800	0	1,735	3,566,567	2,005,786	2,394,270
London Guildhall University	2,831,250	3,378,400	0	5,887	13,370,770	660,146	2,283,200
London School of Hygiene and
Tropical Medicine	0	0	0	0	0	1,720,474	733,782
The London Institute	56,250	8,416,000	0	5,335	13,114,939	793,026	1,708,800
Loughborough University	1,500,750	6,920,000	0	6,326	17,235,304	1,429,516	211,667
Loughborough College of Art and
Design	0	1,108,800	0	693	1,845,595	0	61,685
University of Luton	2,376,000	6,505,600	14,000	7,239	12,672,586	401,790	333,333
University of Manchester	4,641,000	8,915,200	2,534,000	12,665	37,757,260	3,319,606	2,459,326
UMIST	650,250	4,219,200	0	3,504	11,494,832	1,808,822	256,870
Manchester Metropolitan
University	4,312,500	13,198,400	0	13,999	36,609,642	1,566,340	396,867
Middlesex University	4,460,250	8,292,800	0	11,130	22,240,317	1,464,730	2,139,084
Nene College	1,992,000	5,198,400	0	5,905	10,886,484	417,445	145,000
University of Newcastle upon
Tyne	2,675,250	7,209,600	1,612,800	8,649	27,645,610	2,814,453	485,497
Newman College	85,125	277,600	0	287	507,950	4,627	50,059
University of North London	2,791,500	5,326,400	0	7,051	16,338,111	648,171	3,018,445
North Riding College	366,525	918,400	0	1,063	1,741,001	0	80,000
Northern School of Contemporary
Dance	0	254,400	0	159	491,882	0	0
University of Northumbria at
Newcastle	2,660,250	8,705,600	0	8,988	23,302,478	1,147,641	289,754
Norwich School of Art and Design	0	998,400	0	624	1,171,024	16,398	0
University of Nottingham	2,562,000	7,476,800	1,069,600	8,471	24,031,494	2,925,631	511,617
Nottingham Trent University	3,927,000	13,280,000	0	13,536	33,297,708	678,097	286,509
Open University	0	0	0	0	0	869,447	485,408
School of Oriental and African
Studies	825,000	8,000	0	1,105	2,235,241	537,380	3,795,751
University of Oxford	4,645,500	5,419,200	823,200	9,875	29,621,831	5,546,726	-8,272,967
Oxford Brookes University	1,164,000	5,427,200	0	4,944	13,967,647	1,617,086	100,000
School of Pharmacy	0	449,600	0	281	1,063,768	226,124	488,134
University of Plymouth	2,743,500	12,627,200	0	11,550	26,725,301	1,061,934	481,055
University of Portsmouth	2,362,500	9,630,400	0	9,169	21,803,607	748,187	0
Queen Mary and Westfield
College	1,563,000	3,728,000	1,954,400	5,112	21,295,677	1,811,184	5,100,496
Ravensbourne College	0	851,200	0	532	1,703,321	0	118,600
RCN Institute	0	105,600	0	66	238,978	0	338,300
University of Reading	2,010,750	5,206,400	0	5,935	13,842,948	2,232,850	419,547
College of Ripon and York
St. John	739,500	1,734,400	0	2,070	4,100,900	0	0
Roehampton Institute	1,189,125	2,994,400	0	3,457	8,027,805	192,071	1,226,100
Rose Bruford College	0	692,800	0	433	1,142,468	0	81,700
Royal Academy of Music	0	441,600	0	276	2,000,628	780,771	0
Royal College of Art	0	0	0	0	0	5,345,909	463,000
Royal College of Music	0	524,800	0	328	1,832,040	608,818	73,038
Royal Holloway, University of
London	1,590,000	2,780,800	0	3,858	9,737,840	1,011,487	1,674,000
Royal Northern College of Music	0	641,600	0	401	2,970,368	0	13,500
Royal Postgraduate Medical
School	0	0	0	0	0	939,521	3,212,497
Royal Veterinary College	0	302,400	638,400	417	3,300,000	586,822	763,000
St. George's Hospital Medical
School	0	473,600	1,302,000	761	5,552,303	100,065	1,063,271
College of St. Mark and St. John	350,303	916,688	0	1,040	2,032,510	62,267	100,000
St. Martin's College	465,750	1,241,600	0	1,397	2,584,530	58,279	0
St. Mary's College	454,875	1,220,000	0	1,369	2,944,255	0	307,600
University of Salford	1,824,000	10,756,800	0	9,155	23,566,311	394,385	428,500
University of Sheffield	3,204,720	9,010,965	1,489,600	10,437	29,561,577	2,950,693	310,350
Sheffield Hallam University	2,946,000	10,537,600	0	10,514	31,157,301	1,508,622	488,679
University of Southampton	2,388,938	7,324,160	1,072,400	8,146	23,273,428	2,916,234	508,222
Southampton Institute	2,680,500	8,344,000	0	8,789	16,017,516	189,283	100,000
South Bank University	1,688,250	6,844,800	0	6,529	19,369,438	1,494,067	4,203,200
Staffordshire University	2,836,950	9,093,040	0	9,466	22,232,708	708,612	350,000
University of Sunderland	2,133,000	8,411,200	0	8,101	18,389,743	630,923	239,207
Surrey Institute of Art and Design	76,500	3,323,200	0	2,179	4,173,154	35,000	202,867
University of Surrey	272,250	4,960,000	0	3,463	9,884,387	1,897,567	225,500
University of Sussex	2,231,250	4,176,000	0	5,585	13,598,504	1,707,025	179,780
University of Teesside	2,342,250	4,846,800	0	6,146	15,135,375	772,109	87,623
Thames Valley University	2,991,000	2,836,800	0	5,761	12,932,759	658,801	1,776,400
Trinity and All Saints	370,500	1,148,800	0	1,212	2,503,928	64,230	80,667
Trinity College of Music	0	499,200	0	312	1,389,810	249,903	0
University College London	2,062,500	6,030,400	1,545,600	7,071	23,522,324	5,404,634	8,533,134
UCL--Eastman Dental Institute	0	0	0	0	0	533,695	278,322
UCL--Institute of Neurology	0	0	0	0	0	140,068	297,283
University of Warwick	3,142,013	3,224,000	0	6,204	13,863,168	2,114,325	346,560
Westhill College	246,750	273,600	0	500	914,165	34,945	0
University of Westminster	2,145,750	6,420,800	0	6,874	19,076,207	1,664,951	4,231,900
Westminster College, Oxford	192,750	0	0	257	519,390	0	241,886
University of West of England,
Bristol	2,961,750	10,222,400	0	10,338	24,663,059	1,317,406	380,012
Wimbledon School of Art	0	550,400	0	344	1,080,002	0	105,200
University of Wolverhampton	3,196,500	8,668,800	0	9,680	24,072,708	879,273	311,200
Worcester College of HE	777,750	1,574,400	0	2,021	3,332,568	39,500	0
Writtle College	0	1,209,600	0	756	2,028,954	0	101,467
Wye College, University of
London	53,250	612,800	0	454	1,238,200	312,034	50,000
University of York	1,713,210	3,174,928	0	4,269	11,221,997	1,409,525	224,968
Askham Bryan College	40,500	193,600	0	175	567,023	0	0
Berkshire College of Art and
Design	0	393,600	0	246	520,208	0	4,300
Bedford College	0	56,000	0	35	113,725	0	0
Birmingham College	420,750	2,139,200	0	1,898	2,378,171	26,696	0
Blackburn College	343,500	246,400	0	612	744,458	0	0
Blackpool and Fylde College	95,250	1,534,400	0	1,086	1,757,432	0	0
Bournemouth and Poole College
of AD	0	905,600	0	566	1,127,933	0	0
Bracknell and Wokingham College	0	3,200	0	2	65,197	0	1,500
Bradford and Ilkley Community
College	806,250	1,659,200	0	2,112	3,476,208	1,954	0
Brooklands Technical College	40,500	60,800	0	92	81,663	0	7,000
Carlisle College	74,250	0	0	99	121,324	0	0
Chesterfield College of
Technology	57,000	20,800	0	89	57,895	0	0
Chichester College of Arts,
Science and Techology	0	43,200	0	27	73,536	0	300
City of Liverpool Community
College	36,750	294,400	0	233	771,746	0	0
City College, Manchester	53,250	518,400	0	395	540,294	0	0
Cleveland College of Art and
Design	0	569,600	0	356	556,974	0	0
Coalville Technical College	5,250	0	0	7	6,480	0	0
Cordwainers College	0	195,200	0	122	141,234	0	0
Coventry Technical College	0	148,800	0	93	423,122	0	0
Crawley College of Technology	27,750	33,600	0	58	201,886	0	400
Croydon College	273,000	507,200	0	681	1,258,407	0	97,600
Dewsbury College	37,500	364,800	0	278	538,912	0	0
Doncaster College	307,500	424,000	0	675	1,607,032	0	0
Farnborough College of
Technology	356,250	1,233,600	0	1,246	2,133,765	0	0
Gloucester College of Art and
Technology	0	174,400	0	109	268,802	0	0
Guildford College of FHE	99,000	180,800	0	245	607,288	0	6,200
Halton College of FE	34,500	240,000	0	196	375,153	0	0
Hammersmith and West London
College	108,750	35,200	0	167	528,960	0	47,500
Harlow College	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,000
Havering College of FHE	0	211,200	0	132	418,377	0	45,200
Henley College	33,000	0	0	44	87,413	0	0
Herefordshire College of Art and
Design	0	244,800	0	153	245,712	0	0
Herefordshire College of
Technology	114,750	0	0	153	232,050	0	0
Highbury College, Portsmouth	108,750	0	0	145	360,910	0	0
Lackham College	0	40,000	0	25	76,528	0	0
Leeds College of Art and Design	0	409,600	0	256	399,520	0	0
Loughborough College	120,000	67,200	0	202	451,878	0	0
Mid-Kent College of HFE	160,500	494,400	0	523	1,358,100	0	0
North-east Worcestershire College	30,000	387,200	0	282	446,403	0	0
New College Durham	317,250	361,600	0	649	1,774,254	0	0
Newcastle College	171,750	1,910,400	0	1,423	1,994,598	0	0
Newham College of Further
Education	0	182,400	0	114	287,519	0	17,100
North-east Surrey College of
Technology	122,250	800,000	0	663	1,158,723	22,000	0
North Lincolnshire College	0	19,200	0	12	56,516	0	0
Northbrook College, Sussex	64,500	648,000	0	491	0	740,751	0
Northumberland College	0	64,000	0	40	162,729	0	0
The College of North West
London	12,750	27,200	0	34	274,867	0	28,700
Oldham College of Technology	84,000	0	0	112	309,307	0	0
Peterborough Regional College	43,500	65,600	0	99	132,756	0	0
Rycotewood College	0	163,200	0	102	282,730	0	0
Salisbury College	0	252,800	0	158	333,409	0	0
Sandwell College of FHE	36,750	200,000	0	174	404,048	0	0
The Sheffield College	20,250	185,600	0	143	416,743	0	0
Solihull College	32,250	380,800	0	281	341,172	0	0
South Tyneside College of FE	0	24,000	0	15	770,113	0	0
Southport College	0	62,400	0	39	124,338	0	0
Sparsholt College, Hampshire	0	339,200	0	212	486,542	0	0
St. Helens College	167,250	376,000	0	458	554,498	0	0
Stockport College of FHE	286,500	649,600	0	788	1,294,603	0	0
Suffolk College of FHE	747,810	1,463,520	0	1,912	1,908,499	0	0
Swindon College	58,500	376,000	0	313	489,384	0	0
Thurrock College	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,000
Trowbridge College	0	27,200	0	17	200,071	0	0
Wakefield College	49,500	52,800	0	99	176,637	0	0
Walsall College of Technology	0	38,400	0	24	64,023	0	0
Warrington Collegiate Institute	262,125	876,000	0	897	1,696,835	0	0
West Thames College	84,000	0	0	112	262,448	0	14,500
Westminster College, London	156,000	0	0	208	595,300	0	43,900
Wigan and Leigh College	220,500	564,800	0	647	877,136	13,942	0
Wirral Metropolitan College	195,000	267,200	0	427	503,641	0	0
Worcester College of Technology	94,500	185,600	0	242	339,815	0	0
York College of FHE	63,750	187,200	0	202	263,773	0	0

Source:

data96.fee--srvy, data96.redof, data95.nff.

Notes:

Only HEFCE grant and LEA funded fees are included.

The data excludes:

ITT and INSET; part-time, and sandwich year out students; Oxbridge college fees; recurrent funds for research; funding from other public sources, e.g. Health Authorities.

The fee rates used to obtain the fee income were:

Band 1 = £750

Band 2 = £1,600

Band 3 = £2,800

Undergraduates only were included in the fee income.

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