HC Deb 29 March 1976 vol 908 cc372-3W
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what percentage of the United Kingdom university places is at Scottish universities.

Mr. Gerry Fowler

It is provisionally estimated that in autumn 1975 the number of full-time students attending Scottish universities was 15 per cent. of the total at United Kingdom universities.

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what percentage of United Kingdom university places was held by English students for 1960 until 1976, giving the exact percentage for each year.

Mr. Gerry Fowler

Information is readily available only for 1974–75, when it is provisionally estimated that the percentage of all United Kingdom full-time and sandwich university students who were domiciled in England and Wales was 72 per cent. Separate figures for England have not been compiled.