HC Deb 19 February 1987 vol 110 cc742-3W
Mr. Andrew F. Bennett

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish in the Official Report the young mature entry index and the older mature participation index (as defined in the public expenditure White Papers Cmnd. 9702, table 3.12.10, page 194 and Cmnd. 9428, table 3.10.4 page, 150), for the latest public expenditure White Paper, Cmnd. 56 (a) for higher education, and (b) for universities only.

Mr. Walden

The information is shown in the following table:

Young Mature Entry Index and Older Mature Entry Index for initial home1 entrants to higher education and universities in Great Britain.
Higher Education Universities
Academic year beginning YMEl2 OMPl3 YMEl2 OMPl3
Actual
1981 7.5 0.245 2.0 0.052
1982 7.2 0.246 1.7 0.046
1983 6.9 0.261 1.5 0.048
1984 7.2 0.256 1.6 0.051
19854 7.6 0.267 1.6 0.054
Projection P
1986 7.6 0.267 1.6 0.054
1987 7.6 0.267 1.6 0.054
1988 7.6 0.267 1.6 0.054
1989 7.6 0.267 1.6 0.054
Projection Q
1986 7.8 0.267 1.6 0.054
1987 8.0 0.268 1.6 0.055
1988 8.1 0.270 1.6 0.055
1989 8.1 0.271 1.6 0.056
1 The term "home entrants" refers to entrants domiciled in the United Kingdom.
2 The young mature entry index is defined as the number of initial

Expenditure on mandatory and full value awards: 1979–80 to 1984–85
England and Wales
Mandatory awards All full value awards
Academic years Maintenance expenditure £ million In 1986–87 real terms1 £ million Real terms indexed (1979–80 = 100) Maintenance expenditure £ million In 1986–87 real terms1 £ million Real terms indexed (1979–80 = 100)
1979–80 332 528 100.0 382 608 100.0
1980–81 398 548 103.4 451 621 102.0
1981–82 443 561 106.0 499 632 104.0
1982–83 472 562 106.4 531 633 104.1
1983–84 502 572 108.1 566 645 106.1
1984–85 480 523 98.9 545 594 97.7
1 Based on the GDP deflator for academic years plus estimate for the 1986–87 deflator.