§ Mr. Boydenasked the Minister of Education, in view of the growth and importance of the building industry, why the number of successful candidates for the Higher National Diploma in Building has still not reached the level of 1953.
§ Sir E. BoyleThe large majority of firms comprising the building industry are of small or medium size and find it difficult to release young men for full time and sandwich courses. For this reason the part-time higher national certificate course has proved more popular than the higher national diploma course. In 1962, 1,053 candidates obtained the higher national certificate, compared with 689 in 1953; an increase over the period of more than 50 per cent.