HC Deb 19 March 1984 vol 56 cc354-5W
Mr. Freud

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) if he will publish the time scale for decision-making on the recent University Grants Committee working paper on continuing education; and if he will make a statement;

(2) what level of resources he will provide in order to implement the proposals outlined in the University Grants Committee working paper on continuing education.

Mr. Brooke

The University Grants Committee has published for discussion the report of its continuing education working party. The committee has as yet reached no conclusions on the report: my right hon. Friend can therefore give no timetable for decision-making on any advice the committee may eventually give him, nor any indication of what those decisions might be.