§ 12. Mr. Gurdenasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what estimate he has made of the reduction in the number of postgraduate students expected in the next three-year period.
§ Mrs. Shirley WilliamsNo reduction is expected. The number of university postgraduate students in the academic year 1966–67 was 31,973, and the recent quinquennial grant settlement assumed an increase of nearly 7,000 by 1971–72.