HC Deb 05 March 1987 vol 111 cc665-6W
Mr. Greenway

asked 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. Walden

My 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

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.