HC Deb 06 February 1979 vol 962 c120W
44. Mr. Christopher Price

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science in what proportions she expects the university and public sectors of higher education, respectively, to grow over the next five years.

Mr. Oakes

The planning figures for students in the university and public sectors of higher education in Great Britain up to 1982–83 which underlay the totals shown in the recent public expenditure White Paper (Cmnd. 7439) were as follows:

ations on a number of points which bear upon the possibility of a transfer of responsibility for the education and related services to certain city councils. She sought and received the views of the same organisations during consultation on this matter in the first half of last year. In addition she has over the past 15 months received nine representations about the level of local government responsibility for education, and has received one delegation of Members of Parliament.