HC Deb 20 November 1991 vol 199 c208W
Mr. Cousins

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what representations he has received on the need for SuperJANET; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Alan Howarth

We have received a number of representations from the academic and research communities about the proposed SuperJANET network. The spending plans announced in the autumn statement provide for capital funding for the Universities Funding Council in 1992–93 to be £9 million higher than in 1991–92: this should enable a start to be made on SuperJANET.