HC Deb 16 July 1979 vol 970 c383W
Mr. Michael Brown

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many full-time undergraduates are presently attending university.

Dr. Boyson

The available information for undergraduates attending universities in Great Britain is as follows:

ACADEMIC YEARS
1977–78
full-time 217,721
sandwich 13,933
1978–79
(provisional)
full-time and sandwich 239,600