§ Mr. Lawlerasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what information he has as to the number of extra higher education places in the Bradford area in information technology-related subjects as a result of the Government's information technology initiative of 1982; and how much funding is being made available over the next three years to pay for more students in higher education in the area to study engineering and technology.
§ Sir Keith JosephUnder the IT Initiative which I announced in December 1982, Bradford university was allocated one additional teaching post, and 13 additional postgraduate studentships a year, in the department of computer science.
On 3 April 1985 I announced at columns 618–20 that Bradford university was being invited, under the first phase of the engineering and technology initiative, to provide additional places for intakes of 30 undergraduate and 20 postgraduate electrical engineering students each year. The university will receive some £730,000 over the three years 1985–86—1987–88 for this purpose.