§ 33. Mr. Peter M. Jacksonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will give the details of the number of post-graduate awards in town planning to be made available for the academic year 1969–70; and whether he will make a statement.
§ Mrs. Shirley Williams207 new awards have so far been made available by the Social Science Research Council in town and country planning. Some additional awards can be expected when the council's reserves are allocated in the autumn. The total is likely to be some 30 per cent. higher than the figure of awards for 1968–69.
§ Mr. JacksonI thank my hon. Friend for that reply, but is she aware of the concern expressed by the Town and Country Planning Institute following the transfer of responsibilities to the Social Science Research Council? Will she give an assurance that the number of awards is sufficient to meet the number of course places, which, at the moment, I understand, is 406?
§ Mrs. WilliamsI am aware of the representations of the Town and Country Planning Institute. They were made before the recent increases, and I can only trust that, perhaps unusually, the Press and hon. Gentlemen opposite will give as much attention to a real increase as they gave to a totally false reduction.