Oral question asked in the House of Commons, by Julie Kirkbride (Conservative). It was answered on Thursday, 14 January 2010 on behalf of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.
University Centres
- Question
- The Government have long had an aspiration for 50 per cent. of young people to go into higher education. Given the right hon. Gentleman's savage cuts in the university sector, can he tell us in what year he expects to meet that 50 per cent. aspiration and what percentage of young people will be going to university next year?
- Answer
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I am pleased to say that we have more young people at university than ever before in our history, and we will have even more next year. However, if the £610 million of cuts to my Department's budget were enacted, which was the Conservative proposal 18 months ago, that would mean a reduction of many thousands.
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- Oral question
- Reference
- 503 c823-4
- Session
- 2009-10
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- Supplementary
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- House of Commons chamber
- Subjects
- Finance Higher education
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