§ Mr. PawseyTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what progress is being made towards the incorporation of the Universities Funding Council and the Polytechnics and Colleges Funding Council; and what initial guidance he intends to give to the two councils.
§ Mr. Kenneth BakerThe UFC and PCFC are being incorporated tomorrow. They will be preparing to take up their main responsibility for funding institutions on 1 April next. I have today sent letters of guidance to the chairman of both councils, and am placing copies of both in the Library.