§ Mr. Sproatasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what are the figures for 1962 and 1972 in the following categories: (a) school population (total), (b) students in further education (total), (c) full-time university students, (d) students in teacher training, (e) teachers 287W in maintained and aided schools, (f) O-level passes, (g) A-level passes, (h) numbers of those remaining at school beyond the school leaving age, represented as a percentage of the total schools popula-
Academic years 1961–62 1971–72 (a) School population 7,672,000 9,119,000 (b) Students in further education (including evening institutes) 2,434,000 3,272,000 (c) Full-time university students*† 113,000 235,000 (d) Students in initial teacher training*† 38,000 118,000 (e) Teachers in maintained and aided schools‡ 294,000 395,000 (f) Number of "O"-level passes (summer examinations) 1,051,000 1,399,000 (g) Number of "A"-level passes (summer examinations) 182,000 325,000 (h) Numbers in school beyond school-leaving age as a percentage of the total school population 7.5 per cent 7.8 per cent (i) Pupil-teacher ratio (maintained schools) 23.9 21.6 (j) Expenditure on education from public funds§ £932,000,000 £2,680,000,000 Notes:
* Including students on teacher training courses in university departments of education.
† Great Britain.
‡ Including the full-time equivalent of part-time teachers.
§ Financial years