HC Deb 17 July 1969 vol 787 c147W
55. Mr. Peter Archer

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many chairs of acoustics are now established at universities in the United Kingdom.

Mrs. Shirley Williams

The University of Southampton's Institute of Sound and Vibration has a Professor of Vibration Studies and a Professor of Applied Acoustics. Apart from that, acoustics is taught in various departments at a number of universities, but there is no other chair in the subject.

1966–67 1967–68 1968–69
£ £ £
Young Volunteer Force Foundation * 11,000 35,000
Other grants: National Voluntary Youth Organisations (HQ) and experimental † 350,070 361,610 383,240
Total 350,070 372,610 418,240
* The Y.V.F.F. had not been formed in this year.
† The amount of voluntary community service undertaken by the organisations receiving these grants varies.