§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many students who have already been offered university places and who fulfil the entry qualifications he estimates will have their offer of a place withdrawn as a result of the recently announced cuts; and if he will make a statement.
§ Dr. BoysonAt the present stage in the universities' admissions process it is not possible to estimate whether any offers of places of 1981–82 will be withdrawn as a result of the University Grants Committee's allocation of recurrent grant for that year.