HC Deb 01 December 1987 vol 123 c523W
19. Mr. Thurnham

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what recent representations he has received about further designations as polytechnics; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Jackson

My right hon. Friend has received 14 representations since the publication in April of our White Paper on higher education, advocating the designation of six different institutions as polytechnics.