§ Mr. Mortonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether she will now announce the capital resources she intends to allocate to higher and further education.
§ Mrs. Shirley Williams:For the three years 1979–80 to 1981–82 I am planning to make available approximately £125 million for further education building in England. The major part of this sum, which has been increased by £18.1 million over previous plans, will be allocated to non-advanced further education, in order to reduce pressures on accommodation and to meet projected demand. For 1979–80 the starts programme in total amounts to £45.6 million. In the same three years, total programmes of £30.6 million are envisaged for the universities of Great Britain. For 1979–80 a starts programme of £10.42 million has been allocated to the University Grants Committee which will settle individual starts programmes with the universities.