§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science, what is his estimate of the number of university and polytechnic places available for first-year students in the forthcoming academic year.
§ Mr. Gerry FowlerIt is expected that in 1976–77 the number of first year full-time and sandwich students, excluding postgraduates, will be about 77,000 in universities in Great Britain, and 45,000 in polytechnics in England and Wales.