HC Deb 05 December 1977 vol 940 cc545-6W
Mr. Brotherton

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science further to the reply of 21st November to the hon. Member for Louth, how short courses and summer schools in trade union studies at Ruskin College which are required to be self-financing are within the ambit of her Department's grant.

Mr. Oakes

As my reply to the hon. Member's Question indicated, the short courses and summer schools are not permitted to be a claim on my Department's deficit grant to the college in respect of its provision of long courses of liberal adult education and are not, therefore, within the ambit of that grant or, indeed, of any other grant made by my Department.