§ Mrs. Shirley Williamsasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many students will enter (a) universities and (b) polytechnics in 1983, 1984 and 1985; and how many enterered in 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981 and 1982, respectively.
§ Mr. WaldegraveProjections of student numbers in higher education for 1983–84 and later years cannot yet be provided. The Government's expenditure plans published in February in Cmnd. 8789 stated that the implications for student admissions to higher education in future years are under discussion with the bodies concerned.
The available information for 1978 to 1982 is as follows.
paid at the full undergraduate rate. Such awards provide for the payment of approved fees and the following rates of grant in respect of ordinary maintenance:
i. for students living away from home and attending an establishment
in London £1,900 outside London £1,595; ii. for students living in the parental home, £1,225.
The maintenance element of postgraduate awards us subject to deduction, where applicable, in respect of students' and spouses' contributions, that of awards paid at undergraduate rates additionally to deductions, where applicable, in respect of parental contribution.
Total expenditure on postgraduate awards to students on higher degree and other postgraduate courses by the Department of Education and Science and the research councils for the latest available year (1981–82) was £65 million. It is not possible to identify expenditure by local education authorities on awards to students following second first degree courses from other awards made under their discretionary powers.