HC Deb 29 November 1971 vol 827 c33W
Mr. Spearing

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she has made, or will make, a sample study of the total expenditure of student unions under various categories; and if she will publish the results of such a study.

Mrs. Thatcher

The inquiry carried out by my Department, in consultation with the local authority associations, covered such expenditure in a sample of further education establishments and most colleges of education. I am about to consult the associations over the results of the inquiry and the best use to be made of them. It is for the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals to consider any question of circulating the results of their inquiry into university unions.