§ Mr. Forresterasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many mature students were admitted to universities, teacher training colleges and other colleges of further education during each of the years 1966 to 1975; what estimate has been made of the numbers who will be admitted in 1976; and how many failed to complete the course in each case.
§ Mr. Gerry FowlerFollowing are estimates of the number of mature students entering for the first time full-time and sandwich higher education courses in Great Britain who at 31st December each year were aged 21 to 24 and 25 or over:
373WEstimates are not available of the number of mature entrants in 1976 or of the numbers who failed to complete courses.