§ Q13. Mr. Andrew F. Bennettasked the Prime Minister what steps the Government are taking to increase the numbers of graduates in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
§ The Prime MinisterMy right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Education and Science announced on 19 March, at column 482, a decision to allocate £43 million over the academic years 1985–86 and 1987–88 for the provision of extra places to increase the number of graduates and postgraduates in engineering and technology. "The Development of Higher Education into the 1990s" (Cmnd. 9524) was published on 21 May. It sets out the Government's thinking on future access to higher education and our intention to maintain a distinct emphasis on technological and directly vocational courses at all levels.