§ Mr. Freudasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if, pursuant to the reply of 29 January, Official Report, column 82, he will make known in the form of a circular to local authorities his view that local education
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UGC grant distribution for 1985–86 including University or college Recurrent grant Earmarked capital in recurrent allocations Other additions* General Shared medical £ million £ million £ million £ million Aston 14.79 0.155 — 0.409 Bath 12.99 0.145 — 0.231 Birmingham 37.43 0.258 0.153 0.570 Bradford 14.51 0.150 — 0.121 Bristol 28.85 0.230 0.110 0.571 Brunel 12.84 0.108 — 0.353 Cambridge 43.00 0.395 0.040 0.902 City 11.49 0.086 — 0.066 Durham 17.36 0.153 — 0.495 East Anglia 14.71 0.123 — 0.512 Essex 8.31 0.076 — 0.239 Exeter 15.31 0.153 — 0.136 Hull 14.23 0.137 — 0.154 Keele 8.38 0.078 — 0.049 Kent 10.37 0.104 — 0.193 Lancaster 13.49 0.126 — 0.149 Leeds 42.18 0.332 0.149 0.578 Leicester 17.83 0.141 0.050 0.261 Liverpool 37.29 0.248 0.142 0.319 LGSBS 1.90 0.008 — 0.033 London University 231.27 1.074 1.074 3.113 (of which Imperial College) (29.78) (0.201) — (0.539) Loughborough 18.16 0.184 — 0.424 MBS 1.11 0.004 — — Manchester 46.40 0.329 0.195 0.627 UMIST 16.15 0.134 — 0.495 Newcastle 31.89 0.231 0.155 0.943 Nottingham 27.37 0.236 0.065 0.651 Oxford 44.28 0.370 0.056 0.820 Reading 18.84 0.186 — 0.288 Salford 12.77 0.122 — 0.322 Sheffield 31.66 0.246 0.115 0.282 Southampton 24.68 0.206 0.080 0.592 Surrey 12.78 0.111 — 0.087 Sussex 13.99 0.128 — 0.350 Warwick 17.64 0.158 — 0.867 York 10.99 0.111 — 0.288 Total England 937.24 7.036 2.384 16.490 Aberystwyth UC 10.09 0.095 — 0.148 Bangor UC 10.95 0.088 — 0.089 authorities have a duty to provide full-time education for young people aged 16 to 19 years, who seek it, including those with special education needs.
§ Sir Keith JosephI have affirmed my view on this subject repeatedly and I am not persuaded that there is any need to restate it in a circular. I have, however, said that I intend to offer advice to the education system later in the year about the role of further education colleges in providing for young people with special educational needs. Such advice will clearly rest upon my view of the duty of local education authorities to secure provision for those aged 16 to 19.