§ Dr. Hampsonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what provision his Department has for identifying under-used capacity in universities and polytechnics.
§ Mr. MulleyThe University Grants Committee maintains an estimate of each university's capacity in a variety of academic and other categories, and this is available for comparison with actual numbers of students in the broad subject groups concerned, and for forward planning. Similar information for individual polytechnics is obtained by my Department as it is required from the grant-aiding authorities, to which general guidance on space standards is made available. My Department is also in touch with the Committee of Directors of Polytechnics, which is reviewing capacity in the polytechnics.