§ Mr. Hayhoeasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for each present member State of the EEC, Canada and the United States of America the number of individuals graduating from officially recognised institutes of higher education for each year since 1960.
§ Mr. Gerry FowlerFigures from successive editions of the UNESCO Statistical Yearbook or, in the case of the United650W Kingdom, on a comparable basis to that used by UNESCO, are given in the table below. Internationally comparable data are not available for years after 1971. Except where otherwise stated the figures comprise: diplomas and certificates from higher education not equivalent to a university degree; first university degrees and equivalent qualifications; postgraduate university degrees and equivalent qualifications. There are, however, salient differences between the educational systems of the various countries which affect comparability and care should be exercised in any use made of these figures.
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NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS GRADUATING FROM OFFICIALLY RECOGNISED INSTITUTES OF HIGHER EDUCATION ACADEMIC YEARS BEGINNING IN YEAR SHOWN (Thousands) Country 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 United Kingdom 69.5 64.5 78.8 87.0 93.2 99.4 106.2 127.8 135.0 154.1 160.6 159.2 Other EEC:1 Belgium 11.7 13.1 14.5 .. .. 7.22 7.92 .. .. .. .. .. Denmark 4.1 4.1 4.3 4.5 5.1 5.5 5.9 6.2 .. 9.7 10.4 9.2 France 25.0 .. 37.6 40.1 46.3 53.6 68.2 .. .. .. .. .. Germany, Federal Republic 44.9 53.4 58.0 60.4 63.3 65.7 74.3 86.6 78.3 83.8 .. .. Ireland 2.6 3.0 3.2 .. 3.8 5.0 .. .. .. .. .. .. Italy3 21 .7 23.0 24.2 26.3 28.1 29.3 .. 40.5 47.9 57.4 61.1 65.3 Netherlands .. 21.1 23.0 24.4 24.8 26.2 .. .. 33.3 35.0 .. 34.6 Canada2 23.0 26.2 28.8 33.1 38.2 43.2 50.9 57.7 63.1 71.3 84.9 93.5 United States of America 490.6 514.3 .. 614.2 651.5 821.4 908.1 1,026.0 1,167.4 1,271.4 1,331.2 .. .. Not available. 1 Excluding Luxembourg for which no data are available. 2 Graduates from universities and equivalent degree-granting institutions only. 3 Excluding post-graduate university degrees and equivalent qualifications.