§ Mr. John Mooreasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) if he will publish in theOfficial Report a table showing for the following age groups (a) 16 to 21 year old, (b) 21 to 25 year olds, (c) 25 to 30 year olds the percentages engaged on (i) full time university courses, (ii) part-time university courses, (iii) courses at colleges of education, (iv) courses at polytechnics and (v) apprenticeship schemes, in each year since 1945, or from another convenient baseline;
(2) if he will publish in theOfficial Report a table showing for the following age groups (a) 16 to 21 year olds, (b) 21 to 25 year olds and (c) 25 to 30 year olds the percentage engaged in (i) full-time 1001W education and (ii) part-time education, in each year since 1945, or from the most convenient baseline.
PERCENTAGES OF THE UNITED KINGDOM POPULATION 16–20 age group 21–24 age group 25–30 age group* Full-time students in: Universities … … 3.3 2.7 0.7 Colleges of Education … … 1.7 1.2 0.5 Further Education … … 5.8 2.1 0.9 Schools … … 15.5 Nil Nil Total … … 26.4 5.9 2.1 of which Polytechnics: Full-time and Sandwich … … 0.9 0.5 Part-time (day only) … … 0.3 0.4 Part-time students in: Further Education† … … 12.2 3.7 Universities … … Nil 0.1 0.4 * The student numbers from which these percentages are derived include all aged 25 and over. † Part-time day only. A corresponding breakdown is not available for evening students. Comparable statistics for the years 1968–69 to 1972–73 are published in "Education Statistics for the United Kingdom" available in the House of Commons Library.
Statistics for young people in apprenticeship schemes are not available.