§ 87. Mr. J. Johnsonasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Education if he is aware that the proposals put forward in the White Paper on Local Government Finance to institute a general fixed grant for financing local government services in place of the present method of percentage grants for the expenditure on specific services will mean there will be no special provision by the Government for the development of colleges of technology; and whether he will make a statement of his policy in this regard.
§ Sir E. BoyleMy noble Friend is fully satisfied that the arrangements outlined14W in the White Paper on Local Government Finance (Cmnd. 209)will allow for the necessary development. The expansion of facilities for technological education will be one of the factors which will be taken into account in determining the amount of the general grant from time to time.