§ Dr. Kingasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the planned intake of students into the universities in England and Wales in each of the years 1963 to 1970; and how these figures compare with the relevant age-groups.
§ Mr. BarberThe annual rate at which universities in Great Britain should expand their student intakes to attain the objective of 150,000 student places in 1966–67 will depend on a number of factors, and is not a matter on which it would be appropriate for the Government to set figures. It has, however, been estimated that a 1966 student intake to British universities of 42,000 or 4.6 per cent. of the age-group in that year, would be consistent with the objective in question.