HC Deb 08 March 2004 vol 418 c1359W
Mr. Sheerman

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many students participated in postgraduate education in each year since 1997, broken down by(a) social class and (b) age. [157494]

Alan Johnson

Figures for postgraduate enrolments by social class are not held centrally. The available figures split by age are given below.

Postgraduate enrolments to UK HE institutions by age, 1997/8 to

2002/3
Age 1997/98 1998/99 1999/2000 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03
20 1.465 1,379 1,392 1,381 1,443 1,655
21–24 76,346 77,508 80,468 85,548 92,304 103,762
25+ 269,196 285,071 287,277 293,821 298,104 308,833
All 347,007 363,958 369,137 380,750 391,851 414,250
Source:
Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA)