HC Deb 24 February 1966 vol 725 cc127-9W
Mr. Charles Morrison

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will give for each of the past five years the number of entrants into each of the faculties in all the universities of England and Wales, and the percentage of those who successfully completed the courses in each faculty.

Mr. Prentice

The numbers of full-time first degree and first diploma students entering universities in England and Wales from 1960–61 to 1964–65 (the latest year for which figures are available) are as follows:

Report on Higher Education. This relates to all universities in Great Britain. Success rates at that time may be deduced from it as follows:

Mr. Prentice

The table below gives the latest available estimates for students whose homes were in the United Kingdom and for award holders who took up their new awards as university undergraduates in Great Britain. The figures in lines (3) and (5) have been supplied by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland.

students entering universities who were not award holders but only subject to an appreciable margin of error.

There are some award holders with awards of a total value below the amount of fees payable.