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Written question asked by Lord Soames of Fletching (Conservative) on Tuesday, 23 November 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 25 November 2010. It was answered by Lord Willetts (Conservative) on Monday, 29 November 2010 on behalf of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.

Goldsmiths College

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how much Goldsmiths College received from the public purse in each of the last five years; and how many (a) staff and (b) students it had in each such year.
Answer

The information is in the table.Total public funding has been defined as: tuition fee categories which are predominantly publicly funded; all Funding Council grants—including grants from the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), the Training and Development Agency (TDA) and the Skills Funding Agency (SFA); and other grants from central Government and public bodies such as local authorities and health authorities, and the EU Commission.Higher education institutions have many other sources of income, such as research funding and donations so the total income of universities cannot be assumed from this table. More detailed breakdowns of income sources are published by HESA in volumes such as 'HE Finance Plus and Resources of Higher Education Institutions'.

Public income (£000) Academic staff Non-academic staff Total staff (excluding atypical) Higher education students
2004/05 33,006 370 515 885 7,270
2005/06 37,546 385 480 860 7,400
2006/07 43,539 435 540 970 7,450
2007/08 47,546 565 525 1,090 7,495
2008/09 48,425 585 555 1,140 7,655
Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA).

Higher education students includes postgraduates and undergraduates Staff and student figures represent headcounts of students, rather than full-time equivalents.Atypical staff are those whose working arrangements are not permanent, involve complex employment relationships and/or involve work away from the supervision of the normal work provider.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
26763; 519 c599-602W
Session
2010-12
Subjects
Goldsmiths' College
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk