asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) what steps he takes to ensure that there are sufficient postgraduate management education places in the United Kingdom to meet demand therefor;(2) when he expects to receive the report of the two working parties on management education in the United Kingdom.
My right hon. Friend is advised by the University Grants Committee in relation to provision for management education in universities and by the National Advisory Body for Public Sector Higher Education in
| Number of children under five attending nursery schools and nursery classes in primary schools.1 | ||||||
| 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | |
| Barking | 917 | 1,130 | 1,152 | 1,339 | 1,263 | 1,395 |
| Barnet | 1,777 | 1,867 | 2,170 | 2,229 | 2,245 | 2,202 |
| Bexley | 512 | 509 | 595 | 592 | 597 | 610 |
| Brent | 1,984 | 2,145 | 2,222 | 2,277 | 2,276 | 2,304 |
| Bromley | 101 | 124 | 116 | 120 | 132 | 97 |
| Croydon | 494 | 525 | 548 | 608 | 615 | 617 |
| Ealing | 1,907 | 2,422 | 2,583 | 2,762 | 2,737 | 2,749 |
| Enfield | 1,269 | 1,338 | 1,376 | 1,372 | 1,394 | 1,381 |
| Haringey | 1,914 | 2,000 | 2,202 | 2,209 | 2,221 | 2,180 |
| Harrow | 750 | 804 | 809 | 809 | 809 | 795 |
| Havering | 234 | 230 | 234 | 236 | 233 | 224 |
| Hillingdon | 2,190 | 2,314 | 2,356 | 2,586 | 2,616 | 2,618 |
| Hounslow | 1,604 | 3,116 | 3,368 | 3,221 | 3,821 | 3,734 |
| Kingston-upon-Thames | 865 | 900 | 919 | 916 | 940 | 929 |
| Merton | 1,411 | 1,473 | 1,566 | 1,619 | 1,679 | 1,494 |
| Newham | 2,916 | 3,260 | 3,564 | 3,634 | 3,851 | 3,964 |
| Redbridge | 437 | 415 | 451 | 463 | 452 | 450 |
| Richmond-upon-Thames | 511 | 519 | 588 | 594 | 567 | 566 |
| Sutton | 531 | 609 | 634 | 624 | 669 | 685 |
| Waltham Forest | 2,108 | 2,239 | 2,253 | 2,287 | 2,336 | 2,245 |
| Inner London | 18,304 | 19,263 | 20,148 | 20,779 | 21,155 | 21,919 |
| Birmingham | 6,690 | 7,076 | 7,286 | 7,746 | 8,101 | 8,710 |
| Coventry | 1,801 | 1,711 | 1,820 | 1,901 | 1,810 | 1,918 |
| Dudley | 1,589 | 1,782 | 1,920 | 1,951 | 2,166 | 2,208 |
| Sandwell | 2,597 | 2,696 | 2,955 | 3,088 | 3,173 | 3,404 |
| Solihull | 1,156 | 1,191 | 1,201 | 1,206 | 1,203 | 1,253 |
| Walsall | 3,268 | 3,534 | 3,934 | 3,941 | 3,880 | 3,920 |
| Wolverhampton | 3,252 | 3,330 | 3,463 | 3,753 | 3,755 | 3,677 |
| Knowsley | 1,024 | 1,255 | 1,344 | 1,444 | 1,659 | 1,736 |
| Liverpool | 4,744 | 5,102 | 5,598 | 5,630 | 5,804 | 6,119 |
| St. Helens | 875 | 926 | 975 | 954 | 1,116 | 1,383 |
| Sefton | 1,768 | 1,901 | 1,955 | 2,019 | 2,023 | 1,993 |
| Wirral | 1,380 | 1,537 | 1,492 | 1,552 | 1,520 | 1,534 |
relation to the polytechnics and colleges. Reports relevant to this matter are expected shortly from Professor Handy who was commissioned by the National Economic Development Office and the Manpower Services Commission and whose work is expected to be published at a conference on 29 April; and in the late spring or early summer from a Confederation of British Industry/British Institute of Management study partly sponsored by the Department of Trade and Industry and my Department.