HC Deb 08 November 2001 vol 374 cc409-11W
Mr. McNamara

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many students there are in the(a) further education and (b) higher education sector. [12263]

John Healey

There were 4.2 million students in the FE sector in 1999–2000. This figure includes funded and non-funded students in FE colleges and funded students in external institutions, specialist designated institutions and higher education institutions. Data for 2000–01 are not yet available.

Numbers for students in higher education are as follows:

HE students in England—2000–011
Thousand
Postgraduates Undergraduates Total
Full-time 136.1 874.5 1,010.6
Part-time 179.4 461.6 641.0
Total 315.5 1,336.1 1,651.6
1 Provisional

Note:

The figures cover HE students in HE and FE institutions, including the Open University.

Mr. McNamara

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many higher education students are in their(a) first, (b) second, (c) third and (d) fourth of study. [12264]

Margaret Hodge

The information is given in the following table.

Higher Education Students in the UK1 —2000–01
Year of study Full-time Part-time Total
1 503.9 285.5 789.4
2 324.6 141.8 466.3
3 253.2 67.2 320.3
4 91.5 40.2 131.7
Other 22.9 71.8 94.7
Total 1,196.0 606.5 1,802.5
1 Covers all home and overseas postgraduates and undergraduates in HE institutions in the UK.

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