HC Deb 01 July 1974 vol 876 c39W
Mr. Michael Latham

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he will set out in tabular form the number of persons attending colleges of further education on part-time day-release courses on the most convenient date for each of the last 10 years, differentiating in the figures between men and women.

Mr. Gerry Fowler

Enrolments at 1st November in colleges in England and Wales were as follows:

Year Men Women
1964 495,683 78,585
1965 518,482 83,546
1966 537,551 87,462
1967 550,194 89,769
1968 553,470 90,301
1969 550,435 94,837
1970 530,944 96,938
1971 495,888 91,617
1972 472,755 92,162
1973 450,000* 90,000*
* Provisional estimate