§ Mr. Whiteheadasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will now publish his Department's best estimates of the potential costs in redundancy payments to (a) academic staff and (b) non-academic staff of reductions consequent upon cuts in recurrent grants paid to the universities in 1981–82, 1982–83 and 1983–84, respectively; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. WaldegraveNo reliable estimate of the cost of redundancies is yet available.