§ Mr. Ashleyasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what grants or loans are made by her Department, or by any body responsible to her Department, for the construction or conversion of buildings; if she will make the provision of adequate facilities for disabled people a condition for such grants or loans; and if she will make a statement.
Mrs. Shirley WilliamGrants for capital purposes are made by the University Grants Committee and by research councils, and grants and loans by the Department of Education and Science to a variety of bodies under different powers. It is a condition of such grants and loans that the relevant statutory requirements should be satisfied in each case, including where appropriate the provisions of Section 8 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970.