§ Mr. Andrew F. Bennettasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list in the Official Report those institutions of higher education where building degree courses have been discontinued since 1981; and if he will list the courses affected.
§ Mr. BrookeIn the public sector of higher education no building degree courses have been discontinued since 1981. In the university sector a BSc. degree course in building and management at Brunel university was discontinued from the 1983–84 academic year and a BSc. degree course in building and quantity surveying at Aston university was discontinued from the 1984–85 academic year.
§ Mr. Andrew F. Bennettasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what was the number of students graduating in each of the last 10 years in: (i) universities and (ii) public sector higher education, in pure building degree courses.
§ Mr. BrookeThe information requested in (i) is subsumed within figures for the number of civil engineering graduates and could only be disaggregated at disproportionate cost. The information requested in (ii) is as follows:
Number 1974 66 1975 63 1976 102 1977 64 1978 89 1979 136 1980 110 1981 163 1982 154 1983 153