§ Mr. MurphyTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list the bid prices for student numbers in each programme area from each polytechnic together with the relevant Her Majesty's inspectorate's quality assessment.
§ Mr. Alan HowarthThis information is not held by the Department but by the Polytechnics and Colleges Funding Council. The PCFC makes it own judgments as to what information about its recurrent funding decisions should be made generally available, and what information should more appropriately remain confidential between the council and individual institutions.