§ Mrs. Kellett-Bowmanasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many students were in (a) higher education and (b) universities in each of the years 1979 to 1986.
Home student numbers in higher education, Great Britain Thousands Academic year beginning Full-time and sandwich Part-time University All Higher education University1 All Higher education1 1979 255.1 451.2 99.6 268.0 1980 262.9 465.5 99.7 288.2 1981 265.6 488.9 104.2 297.1 1982 262.1 504.9 108.0 302.6 1983 257.9 517.9 110.9 311.7 1984 256.0 524.9 113.3 312.6 1985 (provisional) 255.0 528.0 114.0 328.0 1 Including the Open University.