§ Lord BALERNOasked Her Majesty's Government:
What are the additional units of student accommodation provided by each university in the United Kingdom:
- (a) likely to be available by October next,
- (b) presently under construction and likely to be available by October 1976,
1006 - (c) planned for completion by October 1977.
§ The MINISTER of STATE, DEPARTMENT of EDUCATION and SCIENCE (Lord Crowther-Hunt)The table below shows the number of grantaided residential places now under construction in universities in Great Britain and likely to become available in the next two academic years. It excludes those involving the purchase or adaptation of existing buildings, except where otherwise indicated. Plans for completions in October 1977 are at present subject to too many uncertainties for reliable figures to be given.
RESIDENTIAL PLACES UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN UNIVERSITIES Available by: University October 1975* October 1976 ENGLAND: Aston 582 — Birmingham — 465 Bristol 29 — Durham — — Exeter 114 276 Keele — 216 Leicester 160 200 Liverpool 241 — London: Chelsea 11† — Loughborough 416 — Manchester 646† 412 Newcastle 120 — Salford — 383 Sheffield — 208 Southampton — 438 Surrey 280 — Sussex 351† — York 80 — TOTAL ENGLAND 3,030 2,598 WALES: Aberystwyth 120 — Bangor 142 — Cardiff — 235 TOTAL WALES 262 235 SCOTLAND: Aberdeen 144 396 Edinburgh 80† — Heriot-Watt 198 — St. Andrews 41 126 Strathclyde 102† 80 TOTAL SCOTLAND 565 602 TOTAL GREAT BRITAIN 3,857 3,435 * Includes projects completed since January 1975. † Includes some places in existing or converted buildings. Source: University Grants Committee records.
House adjourned at twenty-nine minutes past eight o'clock.