§ 40. Mr. Hancockasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is his policy on the future numbers of students entering higher education.
§ Mr. DunnThe Government's policy is that places should be available for all who have the intellectual competence, maturity and motivation to benefit from higher education and who wish to do so. Revised projections of demand for higher education were published in November; a copy is in the Library.
§ 67. Mr. Hanleyasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he has any proposals to increase the resources available to higher education.
§ Mr. Kenneth BakerI announced on 6 November that recurrent grant for universities in Great Britain would be £95 million higher in 1987–88 than in the current year and that university equipment grant would increase by £6.5 million. For public sector higher education in England I announced on 19 December that the advanced further education pool would increase by £55.5 million in 1987–88 and that grants to voluntary colleges would rise by £3.5 million. Related increases in the Government's expenditure plans for 1988–89 and 1989–90 were included in Cmnd. 56 published last week..