§ Mr. Lubbockasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will advise colleges and university authorities that any increase in charges to students other than those required to recover increased taxation and rates would be contrary to the prices and incomes policy.
§ Mr. Goronwy RobertsThe University Grants Committee has drawn the attention of all universities to the White Paper on Prices and Incomes Standstill and on the 5th September informed them of the Government's view that for the period of the standstill fees and charges should not be increased. This does not apply to Oxford and Cambridge colleges in so far as they cannot absorb increases in cost due to the removal of rating relief.
As for other colleges, my right hon. Friend the Minister of Housing and Local Government has asked local authorities to do their utmost to avoid any increase between now and mid-1967, and particularly until the end of 1966, in any charges for which they are responsible.