§ Mr. Craigenasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement on the future of planning education in Scotland; and what representations he has received from the Royal Town Planning Institute on entry into the profession.
§ Mr. John MacKayThe report of the transbinary review of town and country planning education in the United Kingdom was completed in March this year.
Following representations from interested parties, including the Scottish branch of the Royal Town Planning Institute, it has been decided that planning courses will continue to be provided at higher education institutions in Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow. The Royal Town Planning Institute advocated the retention of three Scottish centres for planning education, resourced on the basis of the report's recommendations, with some additional funding for postgraduate students. No final decision has yet been taken on the latter question.