§ Lord Somersasked Her Majesty's Government:
What is the position of independent specialist colleges such as the Royal College of Music concern-ing grants, since they are neither universities nor polytechnics.
§ The Earl of SwintonThe Royal College of Music is one of a number of independent colleges of further and higher education which receive grants direct from my right honourable friends the Secretaries of State for Education and Science, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.