§ Mr. MansTo ask the Secretary of State for Education if the Open university will be given the extra funds previously indicated for 1993 to enable it to continue to increase its undergraduate student numbers.
§ Mr. FormanThe baseline funding for the Open university, which is being transferred to the Higher Education Funding Council for England in 1993–94, includes provision for the university to recruit an additional 2,000 undergraduate students in 1993. I understand that the funding council's decision on the university's funding for the period up to 31 July 1993 takes account of these additional students.