To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list the tertiary colleges., by local education authorities, showing the political make-up of the appropriate local councils.
Those colleges generally classified as tertiary colleges which are currently in existence in England and Wales are listed in the following table. The table also shows which political party, if any, held a majority in each authority following the last elections.
College
| Authority
| Political make up
|
| South Cheshire | Cheshire | No overall majority |
| Halesowen | Dudley | Labour |
| Alton | Hampshire | No overall majority |
| Runshaw | Lancashire | No overall majority |
| Peterlee | Durham | Labour |
| Harlow | Essex | No overall majority |
| Fareham | Hampshire | No overall majority |
| Brockenhurst | Hampshire | No overall majority |
| Knowsley Central | Knowsley | Labour |
| Blackburn | Lancashire | No overall majority |
| Skelmersdale | Lancashire | No overall majority |
| Selby | North Yorkshire | No overall majority |
| Bilston | Wolverhampton | Labour |
| Weymouth | Dorset | Conservative |
| Forest of Dean | Gloucestershire | No overall majority |
| Derwentside | Durham | Labour |
| Newcastle Under Lyme | Staffordshire | Labour |
| North Manchester | Manchester | Labour |
| South Manchester | Manchester | Labour |
| Isle College | Cambridgeshire | No overall majority |
| Elm Park | Harrow | Conservative |
| Green Hill | Harrow | Conservative |
| Weald | Harrow | Conservative |
| Bury Metropolitan College | Bury | Labour |
| Dewsbury | Kirklees | No overall majority |
| Henley | Oxfordshire | No overall majority |
Wales
| ||
| Crosskeys | Gwent | Labour |
| Pontypool | Gwent | Labour |
| Neath | West Glamorgan | Labour |
| Afan | West Glamorgan | Labour |
| Gorseinon | West Glamorgan | Labour |
| Swansea | West Glamorgan | Labour |