§ Mr. Chapmanasked the Minister of Education the present population in England and Wales of full-time students taking courses of at least two years' duration in universities, training colleges and other similar institutions; and what percentage this constitutes of the relevant age groups.
§ Sir D. EcclesThe answer to the first part of the Question, in so far as it relates to colleges for which I have some responsibility, and to universities, is about 109,000 students during 1953–54. These students were of a wide variety of ages and their numbers cannot usefully be related to a particular age group.