§ 33. Mr. Sheermanasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will take steps to monitor the effects of reductions in staff and the increasing numbers of vacancies in professorships and higher academic posts due to financial cutbacks in universities and polytechnics.
§ Dr. BoysonThe Department is currently discussing with the University Grants Committee and the local authority associations the implications of the proposals for higher education expenditure in the recent White Paper "The Government's Expenditure Plans 1981–82 to 1983–84" (Cmnd. 8175).