§ Dr. Hampsonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what was the proportion of home-based students in British universities, excluding Oxford and Cambridge, in the following years: 1935, 1950, 1960, 1970 and 1975; and what is the estimate for 1980.
§ Mr. Gerry FowlerThe percentages for 1935, 1950, 1960, 1970 and 1974 are 54.5, 43.8, 25.9, 17.5 and 17.1 (provisional) respectively. The information for 1975 is not yet available. The proportion for 1980 cannot be estimated with reliability.