HC Deb 21 February 1968 vol 759 cc149-50W
Mr. Russell Johnston

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many places were available for first and second year dental students in the universities of Glasgow, Edinburgh and Dundee in each of the years 1956 to 1967, inclusive.

Mrs. Shirley Williams

The numbers of dental students admitted to first degree and first diploma courses in the universities of Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Dundee (included in the University of St. Andrews' figures until 1965–66) in each of the years 1956–67 inclusive were as follows:

Edinburgh Glasgow Dundee (St.Andrews) Total
1956–57 61 54 28 143
1957–58 83 44 25 152
1958–59 73 52 30 155
1959–60 77 45 29 151
1960–61 59 55 24 138
1961–62 61 46 28 135
1962–63 55 48 27 130
1963–64 53 50 33 136
1964–65 58 55 34 147
1965–66 54 40 32 126
1966–67 52 44 35 131
1967–68 (provisional) 52 44 41 137

From 1965–66 onwards the figures explicitly cover pre-clinical entrants; the figures for earlier years may include a wider range of potential dental students, and are not strictly comparable.