HC Deb 05 December 1990 vol 182 cc139-40W
Mr. French

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what information his Department supplies to students, outlining alternative funding arrangements for those studying five-year architecture courses giving

Mr. Gill

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he has received the annual report of the Economic and Social Research Council for 1989–90; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Alan Howarth

The annual report of the Economic and Social Research Council has been submitted to my right hon. and learned Friend under the requirements of the Science and Technology Act 1965, and a copy is being laid before the House today.

I was most interested to read about the council's achievements in the first full year after its move to Swindon. I noted in particular the council's introduction of a new method of allocating course work awards; its creation of a new training strategy; and its continuing commitment to the development of new centres of excellence.

I congratulate the council on these and its many other achievements, and look forward to reading about further progress in next year's report.