§ Mr. WrayTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) how many full-time students there were in(a)British and (b)Scottish universities for each year since 1973;
(2) how many full-time women university students there were in (a) British and (b)Scottish universities for each year since 1973.
Mr. JacksonThe information requested is shown in the following table:
6Wavailable. There are no other practical means of estimating the number of allowances awarded automatically in that year.
§ Mr. EvennettTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Erith and Crayford of 8 May,Official Report, columns 298–99, if information from the 1987 primary staffing survey will be used to test the accuracy of his Department's expectations in relation to the automatic award of incentive allowances in October 1987 for that sector, without reference to the DTR data mentioned in his reply; if he will publish a table showing comparative figures for entitlement to such allowances (a) derived from the results of the 1987 primary staffing survey and (b) his Department's plans; if he will, by other means, estimate the number of each rate of incentive allowance awarded automatically in primary schools; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mrs. RumboldThe Department does not plan to compare the assumptions in circular 8/87 about the number of teachers in primary schools receiving an incentive allowance automatically in October 1987 with data from the 1987 primary school staffing survey. Information from the 1987 database of teacher records will enable more reliable comparisons to be made, and will shortly become available. There are no other practical means of estimating the number of allowances awarded automatically in that year.
§ Mr. EvennettTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Erith and Crayford of 8 May,Official Report, column 299, what is the estimated planned cost of incentive allowances in financial years 1988–89 and 1989–90 on a similar basis to that reply, distinguishing the amount and proportion in each year attributable to the automatic award of allowances in October 1987.
§ Mrs. RumboldThe information is as follows:
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Full-time students in universities in Scotland and Great Britain Thousands Scotland Great Britain Academic year beginning in Total Of which women Total Of which women 1973 39.0 13.8 244.1 77.7 1974 39.7 14.6 250.6 82.5 1975 40.5 15.2 261.3 87.7 1976 41.6 15.9 271.8 92.5 1977 42.3 16.2 280.5 97.1 1978 43.0 16.7 288.4 102.2 1979 43.3 17.2 292.7 107.3 1980 44.4 18.0 298.7 112.4 1981 45.0 18.7 300.2 115.4 1982 44.8 18.9 295.4 115.7 1983 44.8 18.9 291.7 115.0
Scotland Great Britain Academic year beginning in Total Of which women Total Of which women 1984 45.3 19.0 290.6 116.0 1985 46.2 19.3 295.5 118.4 1986 47.2 19.7 301.3 121.8 1987 48.3 20.5 305.4 125.2
§ Mr. WrayTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many full-time university students of(a) Asian, (b) African and (c) other ethnic minority origins there were in (i) British and (ii) Scottish universities for each year since 1973, excluding foreign students.
Mr. JacksonThis information is not at present collected centrally. It will be collected for students starting undergraduate courses in 1990.
§ Mr. WrayTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many full-time students from social groups IIIM, IV and V there were in the British universities for each year since 1973; and how many of them registered in courses of Scottish universities.
Mr. JacksonThe number of home university students accepted through the Universities Central Council on Admissions (UCCA), and who were from social groups III M, IV and V since 1977 in the United Kingdom are shown in the following table. Comparable figures for Scottish universities are not readily available. Nor are figures for earlier years.
Numbers of home acceptances through UCCA from social classes III M, IV, V Numbers (000's) 1977 14.8 1978 14.9 1979 15.4 11980 14.0 1981 11.8 1982 11.8 1983 12.3 1984 13.0 1985 14.3 1986 14.4 1987 14.7 1 A new coding system was introduced in 1980. Figures for earlier years are not strictly comparable.