HC Deb 21 February 2000 vol 344 c700W
Mr. Stephen Twigg

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what proposals he has to raise awareness in the higher education sector of best practice in equal opportunities. [108277]

Mr. Wicks

My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State wrote to the Higher Education Funding Council for England on 23 November 1999 to express his concern about the present position on equal opportunities for HE staff and he asked them to ensure that institutions have and implement equal opportunity statements. The Commission on University Career Opportunity has sent a three-point action plan to implement racial equality to all heads of institutions.

Mr. Boswell

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many higher education subjects in the United Kingdom are offered only in one of its component countries. [110373]

Mr. Wicks

The information is not available in the form requested.

Dr. Lynne Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what data he has collated on the number of people participating in higher education courses in each constituency in each of the last three years. [109979]

Mr. Wicks

These data are not collated centrally on a constituency basis.

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