§ Mr. Charles Morrisonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list, by subject of study, the number of students who have qualified annually in science and technology during the calendar years 1962, 1963, 1964, with his estimates for the next three years, using the classifications and criteria shown in Table 4 of Command Paper No. 2146.
§ Mr. CroslandSince the publication of the Command Paper to which the hon. Member refers revised figures for students qualifying in 1963 have become available. These indicate that about 900 more technologists qualified than was estimated, largely due to a growth in the membership of professional institutions qualified otherwise than by university degree, diploma, etc.
Figures for 1964 and estimates for following years are not yet available but will be incorporated in the report on the 4th Triennial Survey of Scientific and Technological Manpower which took place in January last.