§ Mr. John Leeasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what was the total number of university graduates with first degrees at the latest available date; and what were the corresponding figures for 1914, 1939, 1950 and 1964.
§ Mr. FowlerThe number of students awarded first degrees at universities in Great Britain was as follows:—
Academic year First degrees awarded 1919–20 3,091 1938–39 9,311 1949–50 17,821 1963–64 25,954 1967–68 41,687 NOTES
(a) The figures far 1919–20 are the earliest available, but do not include the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge which did not receive grants from the U.G.C. until 1925.
(b) The figures for 1967–68, which are provisional, are the latest available.