§ 46. Mr. Curranasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that a recent unofficial sample survey conducted by the Association of University Teachers shows that 25 per cent. of qualified applicants for university places have failed to get them this year; and what action he proposes to take to increase the number of places.
§ Mr. du CannThere are now over 5,200 more students in the universities than at this time last year. It is barely six months since the Government announced plans which are expected to provide 38,000 more university places by 1966–67 and a further 20,000 places by 1973–74. Work on this considerable programme is already in hand. In addition, I would remind the hon. Gentleman of the expansion taking place in other forms of higher education, such as the Colleges of Advanced Technology and the Teacher Training Colleges. There were also some 23,000 students in England and Wales alone taking full-time advanced courses last year in regional and area colleges.