§ Mr. Freudasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many national certificate and diploma courses and City and Guilds technician certificate courses were terminated or failed to start in the academic years 1973–74 and 1974–75 due to inadequate student numbers in each of the institutions of further education in England and Wales; what was the level and subject of each course terminated; and how many students each course had on cancellation.
§ Mr. MulleyThis information is not readily available and could not be provided without a special inquiry of local education authorities.
§ Mr. Freudasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what were the student enrolment figures for each of the subjects offered for the Ordinary National Certificate, the Ordinary National Diploma, the Higher National Certificate, and for the intermediate, the final and the full technological levels of the City and Guilds technicians' certificate, 636W respectively, in each of the institutions of further education in England and Wales for the academic years 1973–74 and 1974–75.
§ Mr. MulleyInformation is not readily available in the detail requested. Statistics on each type of qualification, including enrolments by main subject, are given for England and Wales in Statistics of Education Volume 3, the 1973–74 issue of which is due to be published on 4th December. Some comparable figures for 1974–75 are available in my Department if required.