§ 20. Mr. Rossasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science, what plans he has for meeting the short-term emergency in university education in Scotland.
§ 17. Mr. Hoyasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science, what is the present number of students in universities in Scotland; and what he estimates the figure will be in 1965, 1967, and 1969, respectively.
§ Sir E. BoyleThe University Grants Committee estimate that the number of full-time students in the present Scottish universities and the Royal College of Science and Technology in Glasgow will be 28,000 to 28,500 in the academic year 1967–68, compared with 20,400 in October, 1963.
No separate estimates have been made for 1965 or 1969.
§ Mr. RossIs the Minister satisfied that those who possess a certificate of fitness issued by the University Entrance Board in Scotland will get a place next October?
§ Sir E. BoyleThe figures which I have quoted are designed to meet the rate of demand for places by home students as estimated by the Robbins Committee.