§ Mrs. Curtis-ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) if she plans to provide incentives for colleges and universities to provide science and engineering courses; [45564]
(2) if she plans to provide incentives for students studying science and engineering at Higher National and degree level. [45563]
§ Margaret HodgeThe Higher Education Funding Council for England takes into account the higher cost of teaching science and engineering subjects in making grant allocations to higher education institutions, but the Government have no plans to introduce incentives for institutions to provide science and engineering courses, nor for students to take them.