HC Deb 27 November 1970 vol 807 cc227-8W
Mr. Montgomery

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the number of full-time students in universities, colleges of education and advanced further education in Great Britain in the current academic year.

Mr. van Straubenzee

The provisional figure is 227,850 in universities at the beginning of the current year. Corresponding numbers for colleges of education and advanced further education are not yet available. The 1969–70 numbers were:

Universities 219,500
Colleges of education 118,400
Advanced further education 90,900
Total 428,800