HC Deb 16 December 1968 vol 775 c306W
Mr. Bishop

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if, for the academic years 1958 to date, he will give the total number of full-time students, the total number of undergraduate new entrants and new entrants as a percentage of the relevant age group.

Mrs. Shirley Williams

The information is as follows:

FULL-TIME STUDENTS AT UNIVERSITIES IN GREAT BRITAIN
Academic year All students Undergraduate entrants Entrants as a percentage of the relevant age group
1958–59 … 108,534 30,657 4.8
1959–60 … 112,979 30,677 4.9
1960–61 … 117,379 32,420 5.0
1961–62 … 123,803 35,280 5.0
1962–63 … 131,474 37,597 5.0
1963–64 … 139,655 38,893 5.1
1964–65 … 154,401 44,448 5.6
1965–66 … 169,486 52,231 5.9
1966–67 … 184,799 53,575 6.1
1967–68 … 200,121 57,127 7.0
1968–69 … 211,750 59,550 7.7

Notes:

  1. (a) The numbers for 1958–59 to 1964–65 include students at the former Colleges of Advanced Technology and estimates for the then Heriot-Watt College and the then Scottish College of Commerce.
  2. (b) The numbers for 1968–69 are provisional.
  3. (c) The numbers of entrants for 1958–59 to 1964–65 may exclude some students taking courses other than first degree and diploma courses.