§ Mr. Fauldsasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish the substance of his reply of 5th December to the Standing Commission on Museums and Galleries regarding the financing of the care of material and records derived from rescue archaeology at local museums.
§ Mr. Hugh JenkinsOn the issue of storage of material and records the letter from my Department recalled that the document forwarded by the Standing Commission suggested that the matter was primarily one for initiative by the Department of the Environment as the occasion for the flood of objects arises mainly from their programme of rescue archaeology. The letter said that that
1970 1974 Polytechnic Full-time and Sandwich Part-time Day and Block Release Full-time and Sandwich Part-time Day and Block Release Birmingham* … — — — 40.8 59.2 36.9 Brighton … … 53.2 46.8 23.4 60.8 39.2 23.2 Bristol … … 25.1 74.9 52.5 45.0 55.0 34.2 Hatfield … … 62.8 37.2 33.4 60.8 39.2 31.6 Huddersfield … 35.6 64.4 30.9 58.0 42.0 25.6 Lanchester … … 63.2 36.7 11.7 65.3 34.6 10.8 Leeds … … 41.5 58.5 28.8 45.2 54.8 15.7 Leicester … … 42.7 57.3 27.2 51.4 48.6 24.1 Liverpool … … 34.7 65.3 34.8 58.6 41.4 26.9 Kingston … … 63.2 36.9 18.8 72.8 27.2 16.5 Middlesex* … — — — 70.1 30.0 15.9 North East London 46.6 53.3 33.6 58.0 42.0 25.0 City of London … 22.4 77.6 17.5 24.2 75.8 18.3 Central London … 30.4 69.6 10.4 29.9 70.1 3.3 North London* … — — — 75.0 25.0 11.2 South Bank … 31.4 68.7 28.9 43.1 56.9 36.2 Thames … … 53.5 46.5 27.0 59.3 40.7 27.5 Manchester … 45.0 55.1 35.8 53.1 46.9 30.2 Newcastle-upon-Tyne 45.8 54.2 33.0 56.9 43.1 26.1 North Staffordshire 360 64.0 49.1 49.7 50.4 41.9 Oxford … … 39.8 60.2 38.8 65.7 34.3 29.1 Plymouth … … 66.4 33.6 20.4 78.3 21.7 16.5 Portsmouth … 81.4 18.7 15.2 86.7 13.4 11.0 Preston* … … — — — 35.0 65.0 48.0 Sheffield … … 36.5 63.5 33.2 48.1 51.9 36.2 Sunderland … 68.1 31.9 14.7 64.9 35.0 18.2 Teesside … … 36.5 63.6 42.1 45.7 54.3 38.6 Trent … … 46.6 53.3 35.2 56.2 43.8 31.7 Wolverhampton … 38.7 61.4 43.5 44.2 55.8 42.4 Polytechnic of Wales† 42.8 57.3 48.1 55.9 44.0 37.8 * Not designated at 1st November 1970. †Formerly Glamorgan Polytechnic