§ Mr. Whiteheadasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what research has been done by his Department into the comparative cost and administration of students' halls of residence in higher education institutions in Great Britain, Europe, and North America, respectively; and how well the British statistics stand in these comparisons.
§ Mr. Gerry FowlerNo research of precisely this kind has been done, but my Department is undertaking a development project for the design of student residences. One aspect of the project will be to examine the appropriate standards of area and cost for student residences in Great Britain. It involves some study of the standards applying in European countries, but it is not possible, on the basis of the present work, to make valid comparisons of cost.