§ Mr. Amessasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what new steps are being taken to ensure freedom of speech and greater security regarding the protection of visiting speakers on university and polytechnic campuses.
§ Mr. WaldenSection 43 of the Education No. 2 Act 1986, which places a duty on all concerned in the government of institutions of further and higher education in England and Wales to take all reasonably practicable steps to secure freedom of speech within the law for members, students and employees of the institution and for visiting speakers, is to be brought into force on 1 September 1987. By then governing bodies should have issued the codes of practice required by the section to facilitate the discharge of the duty imposed on them. The Department and the Welsh Office will be writing to
(b) Applicants for undergraduate study by region were: 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 London 6,888 6,114 6,605 5,990 6,248 5,771 5,892 7,222 8,079 South 4,080 3,884 4,552 4,126 4,354 3,959 3,693 4,729 5,466 South West 2,684 2,671 2,974 2,918 3,119 2,816 2,697 3,263 3,745 West Midlands 3,475 3,244 3,376 3,207 3,722 3,252 3,278 3,730 4,057 East Midlands 2,437 2,250 2,486 2,519 2,883 2,789 2,614 2,949 3,486 East Anglia 4,360 4,094 4,561 4,150 4,453 4,146 3,776 4,453 5,153 Yorkshire 2,913 2,532 2,901 2,791 2,944 3,051 2,739 3,130 3,298 North West 4,292 4,059 4,844 4,209 4,832 4,864 4,315 4,689 5,312 North 1,929 1,930 2,081 2,034 1,972 1,946 1,909 2,188 2,484 Wales 1,685 1,642 1,863 1,686 1,862 1,726 1,785 2,060 2,411 Scotland 3,819 3,608 4,275 4,399 4,731 4,408 4,523 6,168 6,704 Northern Ireland 986 1,000 1,120 956 1,008 1,213 1,037 1,162 1,195 South East 3,285 3,207 3,487 3,388 3,539 3,391 3,237 3,948 4,687 Total 42,833 40,235 45,125 42,373 45,667 43,332 41,495 49,691 56,077 420W
(c) offers made to applicants for undergraduate study by region were: 11981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 London 3,912 5,580 5,176 4,315 3,997 4,109 South 2,560 3,703 3,614 2,958 2,812 2,801 South West 1,934 2,648 2,571 2,471 2,071 2,150 West Midlands 2,334 3,361 2,982 3,229 2,711 2,758 East Midlands 1,778 2,457 2,582 2,421 2,079 2,023 East Anglia 2,641 3,714 3,724 3,322 2,921 2,860 Yorkshire 2,091 2,695 2,790 2,707 2,459 2,605 North West 3,056 4,135 4,448 4,196 3,493 3,519 North 1,563 1,806 1,756 1,877 1,650 1,616 Wales 1,252 1,737 1,548 1,735 1,335 1,407 Scotland 2,929 4,129 4,014 3,355 3,281 3,124 Northern Ireland 742 933 1,095 1,045 901 840 South East 2,114 3,024 3,045 2,771 2,373 2,508 Total 28,906 39,922 39,345 36,402 32,083 32,320 institutions shortly to offer some guidance on these provisions. The Government will continue to seek reports from institutions on any incidents before the section comes into force in which visiting speakers are prevented from speaking or in which violence occurs.