§ Linda Perhamask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what assessment she has made of the (a) age profile of university lecturers in engineering departments and (b) likely future teaching capacity of those departments. [45831]
§ Margaret HodgeThe latest provisional data, as collated by the Higher Education Statistics Agency, show the age profile of academic staff in engineering disciplines to be:
§ Margaret Hodge[holding answer 10 April 2002]: This is a matter for the Higher Education Funding Council for England. I have therefore asked the Chief Executive of the Funding Council to reply to the hon. Gentleman's question and to place a copy of his reply in the Commons library.