HC Deb 13 April 1972 vol 834 cc204-6W
27. Mr. Evelyn King

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is now the average cost for a student at a university.

Mr. van Straubenzee

£1,251 in 1970–71, including grants to students.

Mr. MacArthur

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many full-time undergraduate and postgraduate students were recorded by the University Grants Committee as attending each university on 31st October. 1971.

Mr. van Straubenzee

The provisional numbers of full-time undergraduate and postgraduate students in universities in October, 1971, as recorded by the Uni-

University or College Undergraduates Postgraduates Total Undergraduates and Postgraduates
Aston 3,009 572 3,581
Bath 2,174 300 2,474
Birmingham 5,261 1,795 7,056
Bradford 2,976 523 3,499
Bristol 5,209 1,072 6,281
Brunel 1,615 252 1,867
Cambridge 8,366 2,198 10,564
City 2,047 283 2,330
Durham 2,867 608 3,475
East Anglia 2,538 311 2,849
Essex 1,587 365 1,952
Exeter 3,121 482 3,603
Hull 3,408 440 3,848
Keele 1,655 266 1,921
Kent 2,179 319 2,498
Lancaster 2,436 515 2,951
Leeds 7,516 1,832 9,348
Leicester 2,864 725 3,589
Liverpool 5,675 1,193 6,868
London Graduate School of Business Studies 194 194
London University 24,337 9,434 33,771
Loughborough 2,367 401 2,768
Manchester School of Business Studies 142 142
Manchester 7,074 1,509 8,583
University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology 2,549 952 3,501
Newcastle 5,065 916 5,981
Nottingham 4,387 1,006 5,393
Oxford 8,162 3,125 11,287
Reading 3,856 912 4,768
Salford 2,974 380 3,354
Sheffield 4,989 1,008 5,997
Southampton 3,611 939 4,550
Surrey 2,149 325 2,474
Sussex 2,829 916 3,745
Warwick 2,027 336 2,363
York 2,108 411 2,519
Total England 144,987 36,957 181,944
Aberystwyth University College 2,135 453 2,588
Bangor University College 1,937 574 2,511
Cardiff University College 2,851 520 3,371
St. David's Lampeter 331 18 349
Swansea University College 2,909 607 3,516
Welsh National School of Medicine 378 7 385
University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology 1,827 230 2,057
Total Wales 12,368 2,409 14,777
Aberdeen 4,521 412 4,933
Dundee 2,446 283 2,729
Edinburgh 8,119 1,163 9,282
Glasgow 7,362 760 8,122
Heriot-Watt 2,096 126 2,222
St. Andrews 2,508 231 2,739
Stirling 1,523 128 1,651
Strathclyde 4,906 649 5,555
Total Scotland 33,481 3,752 37,233
Total Great Britain 190,836 43,118 233,954

versity Grants Committee were as follows: