§ Mr. George Gardinerasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she will list for every year since 1945 380W the total number of places available in officially designated universities.
§ Mr. OakesInformation on university places over this period is not available but the number of full-time students at undergraduate and postgraduate level in universities in Great Britain was as follows:
Academic Year 1945–46 51,622 1946–47 68,452 1947–48 78,507 1948–49 83,690 1949–50 85,421 1950–51 85,314 1951–52 83,458 1952–53 82,474 1953–54 80,602 1954–55 81,705 1955–56 85,194 1956–57 89,866 1957–58 95,442 1958–59 100,204 1959–60 104,009 1960–61 107,699 1961–62 113,143 1962–63 119,004 1963–64 126,445 1964–65 138,711 1965–66 (1) 168,607 1966–67 184,403 1967–68 199,672 1968–69 211,294 1969–70 219,308 1970–71 227,956 1971–72 234,985 1972–73 239,366 1973–74 244,094 1974–75 250,565 1975–76 261,258 1976–77 271,779 1977–78 (Provisional) 280,376 (1) From this year figures include former Colleges of Advanced Technology and the Heriot Watt College.