§ Mr. Frank Fieldasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list for the last 30 years the number of students undertaking teacher training courses; and if he will detail the number and proportion in each year of students in church training colleges.
§ Mr. Chris PattenThe available information is shown in the table. Enrolment figures before 1978 do not identify students in church colleges separately.
Students on ITT Courses in the United Kingdom (Universities* and Public Sector† Establishments) Total Students Students in Church Training Colleges Church Colleges as Percentage of Total (000s) (000s) 1955 33.1 ‡ ‡ 1956 34.0 ‡ ‡ 1957 35.6 ‡ ‡ 1958 37.8 ‡ ‡ 1959 40.9 ‡ ‡ 1960 43.3 ‡ ‡ 1961 44.7 ‡ ‡ 1962 58.7 ‡ ‡ 1963 66.5 ‡ ‡ 1964 75.7 ‡ ‡ 1965 87.2 ‡ ‡ 1966 100.3 ‡ ‡ 1967 113.1 ‡ ‡ 1968 123.4 ‡ ‡ 1969 127.5 ‡ ‡ 1970 130.7 ‡ ‡ 1971 134.7 ‡ ‡ 1972 136.2 ‡ ‡ 1973 133.5 ‡ ‡ 1974 126.0 ‡ ‡ 1975 119.2 ‡ ‡ 1976 101.2 ‡ ‡ 1977 76.7 ‡ ‡ 1978 57.9 12.7 21.9 1979 48.6 10.3 21.2 1980 42.8 8.5 19.9 1981 40.6 8.1 20.2 1982 37.5 7.8 20.8 1983 37.7 7.7 20.4 * Numbers on 31 December.
† Numbers on 1 November.
‡ Not available.