HC Deb 20 December 1983 vol 51 cc109-10W
52. Mr. Latham

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he will make a statement on the financing of vocational courses, such as town and country planning at polytechnics, following recent discussions by the national advisory body.

Mr. Brooke

As my right hon. Friend announced yesterday, he has accepted the advice of the National Advisory Body on the disposition of academic provision in local authority higher education and its associated funding in 1984–85. The plans embody a rationalisation of some expensive and highly specialised subjects, such as town and country planning, where there is evidence of over-supply of qualified manpower. The allocation of resources in respect of continuing provision in these, as of other subjects, is based on the number and relative cost of the students involved.