§ 75. Mr. VazTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he has any plans to take steps to increase the level of funding for Leicester university and polytechnic; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. JacksonFrom 1989–90 onwards, the public funding of these institutions will be the resposibility of the Universities Funding Council and the Polytechnics and Colleges Funding Council under the Education Reform Act 1988. That Act specifically precludes my right hon. Friend from influencing the funding of named institutions without parliamentary authority.