§ Sir W. Smithersasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the National Debt in terms per head of the population for the years 1900, 1913, 1939 and at the latest available date, respectively.
§ Mr. DaltonThe figures are:
universities of Great Britain in the academic year now starting to begin to read for a first degree; and whether he will state the comparable figures for the year 1938–39.
§ Mr. Jannerasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will ascertain from the University Grants Committee the number of undergraduates entered for each university for October, 1946 and how these numbers compare with the prewar average.
§ Mr. Jannerasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the present university population of this country; and how many of the students are science students.
Mr. DALTON, pursuant to his replies (OFFICIAL REPORT: 9th October, Vol. 427; C. 76; 15th October, Vol. 427, C. 154; 5th November, Vol. 428, C. 1219), supplied the following statement:
Full-time students entering the university institutions of Great Britain this autumn to begin to read for a first degree numbered 13,749 men and 4,444 women; the corresponding totals in 1938–39 were 9,556 men and 3,099 women.
The total number of full-time students in university institutions in Great Britain was approximately 50,000 in 1938–39 and during the present term is approximately 66,000. Details are contained in the following table:
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Institution. 1938/9 Autumn Term, 1946/7 Men. Women Men Women. Birmingham University 1,013 420 1,705 781 Bristol University 675 330 1,095 635 Cambridge University* 4,943 468 5,271 594 Durham University 1,321 388 2,295 750 Exeter University College 288 134 364 232 Hull University College 131 36 291 134 Leeds University 1,36l 396 1,838 644 Leicester University College 74 48 149 58 Liverpool University 1,575 480 1,821 791 London University 9,705 3,486 9,844 4,892 Manchester University 1,569 539 2,170 1,160 Manchester College of Technology 351 3 602 10 Nottingham University College 467 115 838 373 Oxford University 4,147 876 5,036 1,145 Reading University 294 290 455 463 Sheffield University 619 148 997 275 Southampton University College 196 72 402 184 Aberystwyth University College 456 207 666 338 Bangor University College 373 112 506 194 Cardiff University College 677 293 969 427 Swansea University College 404 84 507 154 Welsh National School of Medicine 131 42 110 65 Aberdeen University 809 402 1,144 547 Edinburgh University 2,353 847 2,723 1,510 Glasgow University 3,095 1,079 3,311 1,249 Glasgow Royal Technical College 484 31 804 62 St. Andrews University (including Dundee University College) 577 351 925 593 TOTALS 38,573 11,718 46,838 18,260 * Excludes approximately 500 graduates. Of the 66,000 full-time students during the present term, approximately 20,500 are reading pure or applied science.