§ Mr. Andrew F. Bennettasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish, in tabular form, for each year since 1979 the number of mature students in higher education, the proportion they formed of total 175W student numbers, and the total amount of mandatory or discretionary grant awards made at constant 1985–86 and at cash prices, for those students.
§ Mr. WaldenThe number of home full-time and sandwich initial entrants aged 21 or more are given in the following table. Information in respect of maintenance expenditure for such students is not collected.
Higher education in Great Britain Academic year beginning Mature entrants (000's) Mature entrants per cent. 1979 34.0 23.9 1980 33.2 22.7 1981 36.0 23.1
Full-lime teachers All teachers teaching named subject* Teachers for whom named subject was most important teaching subject† Numbers on Scale 2 and above (000s) Percentage on Scale 2 and above per cent. Numbers on Scale 2 and above (000s) Percentage on Scale 2 and above per cent. Mathematics 28.5 70 19.5 72 Remedial mathematics 6.7 66 1.2 69 Computer studies 7.1 76 1.1 85 Biology 9.4 66 6.3 70 Chemistry 8.2 70 5.4 79 Physics 9.3 73 5.9 80 Other individual sciences‡ 5.6 74 1.2 86 General/integrated/combined sciences 18.9 67 4.0 56 Subjects other than mathematics and science ||272.4 71 111.0 72 TOTAL: teachers with timetabled teaching duties ¶ ¶ 155.7 72 * Teachers counted once for each subject being taught. † Included in figures in the previous columns. ‡ Figures for the components were not separately recorded in the survey. || Because teachers are counted once in this column for each subject being taught this figure will include any teachers who were teaching both mathematics and/or science and other subjects. ¶ Not applicable.