§ Mr. Skeffingtonasked the Minister of Education what was the number of students enrolled and their age groups in September-October, 1956, in establishments of further education in England and Wales for each of the following types of course, namely: full time, sandwich, part-time, and evening, in science, engineering and craft subjects; and how these figures compare with those for the years 1954–55 and 1953–54.
§ Sir D. EcclesThe information available is given in the following table. The returns for 1955–56 are not yet complete, and those for 1956–57 will not be 63W rendered by the colleges until next year. I cannot divide students by ages, or show
DAY COURSES Number of students Full-time Sandwich Other Part-time day 1953–54 1954–55 1953–54 1954–55 1953–54 1954–55 Engineering … 746 1,355 6,198 6,100 131,376 146,221 Science … 69 71 3,457 3,102 10,791 11,010
EVENING CLASSES Number of enrolments 1953–54 1954–55 Mathematics and natural sciences: Mathematics (including practical mathematics) … … … … 277,673 288,297 Biology … … … … 4,816 5,469 Botany … … … … 2,119 2,087 Chemistry … … … … 32,024 34,089 Geology … … … … 1,149 1,322 Metallurgy (non-ferrous) … … … … 168 139 Metallurgy (General) … … … … 6,079 6,199 Nature Study … … … … 671 599 Physics (including applied mathematics) … … … … 38,912 40,677 Physiology … … … … 3,195 3,464 Zoology … … … … 1,571 1,795 General Science … … … … 42,023 45,245 TOTALS … … … … 410,400 429,282
Engineering and allied industries: Metal manufacture … … … … … 4,734 5,062 Engineering … … … … … 194,760 202,057 Electrical and wireless engineering … … … … … 67,473 68,463 Aeronautical and allied subjects … … … … … 1,149 1,176 Watch, clock and instrument making … … … … … 1,448 1,708 TOTALS … … … … … 269,564 278,466 N.B.—The figures for evening classes represent enrolments, not individual students. If a student enrols for e.g., two classes he is counted twice in these figures. Some of these students also attended during the day, and are therefore included also in the statistics for day courses.