HC Deb 25 January 1968 vol 757 cc155-6W
53. Mr. John Wells

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what number of persons have obtained technical agricultural qualifications, degree, diploma and other, in the last year for which figures are available; and in the absence of precise figures if he will give the best approximation available.

Mrs. Shirley Williams

In the United Kingdom in 1966, 431 students qualified for university first degrees in agricultural subjects and 194 for higher degrees or diplomas; and in 1967, 482 qualified for diplomas, 1,799 for certificates following full-time courses and approximately 13,000 for certificates in individual subjects following part-time or block release courses in further education.