§ Mr. Brittanasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many candidates applied for admission to university to read German, Spanish or
Academic year of application 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 German … … … … 791 687 678 625 Spanish … … … … 227 241 167 182 Italian … … … … 67 61 52 48 French/German (combined) … 782 839 787 722 Note: All subjects include "area studies".