§ Mr. Greenwayasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) what steps he takes to ensure that there are sufficient postgraduate management education places in the United Kingdom to meet demand therefor;
(2) when he expects to receive the report of the two working parties on management education in the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. WaldenMy right hon. Friend is advised by the University Grants Committee in relation to provision for management education in universities and by the National Advisory Body for Public Sector Higher Education in
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Number of children under five attending nursery schools and nursery classes in primary schools.1 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 Barking 917 1,130 1,152 1,339 1,263 1,395 Barnet 1,777 1,867 2,170 2,229 2,245 2,202 Bexley 512 509 595 592 597 610 Brent 1,984 2,145 2,222 2,277 2,276 2,304 Bromley 101 124 116 120 132 97 Croydon 494 525 548 608 615 617 Ealing 1,907 2,422 2,583 2,762 2,737 2,749 Enfield 1,269 1,338 1,376 1,372 1,394 1,381 Haringey 1,914 2,000 2,202 2,209 2,221 2,180 Harrow 750 804 809 809 809 795 Havering 234 230 234 236 233 224 Hillingdon 2,190 2,314 2,356 2,586 2,616 2,618 Hounslow 1,604 3,116 3,368 3,221 3,821 3,734 Kingston-upon-Thames 865 900 919 916 940 929 Merton 1,411 1,473 1,566 1,619 1,679 1,494 Newham 2,916 3,260 3,564 3,634 3,851 3,964 Redbridge 437 415 451 463 452 450 Richmond-upon-Thames 511 519 588 594 567 566 Sutton 531 609 634 624 669 685 Waltham Forest 2,108 2,239 2,253 2,287 2,336 2,245 Inner London 18,304 19,263 20,148 20,779 21,155 21,919 Birmingham 6,690 7,076 7,286 7,746 8,101 8,710 Coventry 1,801 1,711 1,820 1,901 1,810 1,918 Dudley 1,589 1,782 1,920 1,951 2,166 2,208 Sandwell 2,597 2,696 2,955 3,088 3,173 3,404 Solihull 1,156 1,191 1,201 1,206 1,203 1,253 Walsall 3,268 3,534 3,934 3,941 3,880 3,920 Wolverhampton 3,252 3,330 3,463 3,753 3,755 3,677 Knowsley 1,024 1,255 1,344 1,444 1,659 1,736 Liverpool 4,744 5,102 5,598 5,630 5,804 6,119 St. Helens 875 926 975 954 1,116 1,383 Sefton 1,768 1,901 1,955 2,019 2,023 1,993 Wirral 1,380 1,537 1,492 1,552 1,520 1,534 relation to the polytechnics and colleges. Reports relevant to this matter are expected shortly from Professor Handy who was commissioned by the National Economic Development Office and the Manpower Services Commission and whose work is expected to be published at a conference on 29 April; and in the late spring or early summer from a Confederation of British Industry/British Institute of Management study partly sponsored by the Department of Trade and Industry and my Department.