§ Mr. Hornbyasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will state the percentage of the relevant age group obtaining a first degree in Great Britain in each of the last 10 years.
§ Mr. Gordon Walker:Figures for 1966–67 are not yet available. For earlier years the numbers of students (including overseas students) obtaining a first degree expressed as percentages of the numbers of persons in Great Britain in the relevant age group were as follows:
Percentage 1957–58 … … … 3.3 1958–59 … … … 3.7 1959–60 … … … 3.9 1960–61 … … … 3.9 1961–62 … … … 3.9 1962–63 … … … 3.9 1963–64 … … … 4.1 1964–65 … … … 4.1 1965–66 … … … 4.1