HC Deb 29 April 1988 vol 132 cc282-3W
Mr. Straw

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list in theOfficial Report the names of all statutory bodies, committees of inquiries and task groups and other similar bodies which are due to report to him in 1988, with details in each case of the subject matter of the reports; when the reports are expected to be submitted to him; and when they are likely to be published.

Mr. Kenneth Baker

[holding answer 28 April 1988]: The information required is listed in the table. The list excludes Her Majesty's inspectorate and standing advisory bodies such as the University Grants Committee and the Advisory Board for the Research Councils.

Body Subject Due date Date of publication
Student support review System of supporting students in higher education Summer 1988 Government proposes to publish its conclusions, in the light of the report, in Summer 1988
Working Party on funding of university extra-mural departments Transitional arrangements for transfer of funding of liberal adult education in university extra-mural departments to Universities Funding Council Summer 1988 Not yet decided
Records of Achievement National Steering Committee Report National guidelines for introduction of Records of Achievement Autumn 1988 Autumn 1988
Visiting Committee of the Royal College of Art Financial and academic provision of the RCA August 1988 Not published
Visiting Committee of Cranfield Institute of Technology Financial and academic provision at Cranfield supported by DES funding August 1988 Not published