§ Mr. Spearingasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what information he has concerning the numbers of United Kingdom students and trainees in other countries, their distribution and the nature and level of courses and the subjects studied.
§ Mr. Gerry FowlerDetails in respect of 1971 were given in the UNESCO Statistical Yearbook for 1973. Reliable
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Primary*† Secondary* Primary and secondary* At January— 1956 … … … … 30.5 20.7 26.6 1957 … … … … 30.3 20.7 26.3 1958 … … … … 30.1 20.7 26.1 1959 … … … … 29.4 21.0 25.6 1960 … … … … 29.0 20.7 25.1 1961 … … … … 28.6 20.4 24.6 1962 … … … … 28.5 19.7 24.1 1963 … … … … 28.7 19.2 24.0 1964 … … … … 28.7 19.2 23.9 1965 … … … … 28.3 18.7 23.5 1966 … … … … 28.0 18.4 23.2 1967 … … … … 27.9 18.2 23.1 1968 … … … … 27.9 18.1 23.1 1969 … … … … 27.7 17.9 22.9 1970 … … … … 27.4 17.8 22.7 1971 … … … … 26.9 17.9 22.6 1972 … … … … 26.1 17.6 22.0 1973 … … … … 25.5 17.1 21.4 1974 … … … … 24.9 17.5 21.1 1975 … … … … 24.2 17.2 20.6 * All teachers in the years 1956–70; qualified teachers only from 1971. † Excluding nursery schools. publish in tabular form the numbers of first degree graduates produced in each of the past 10 years, giving separate figures for universities and other higher educational establishments.
§ Mr. Gerry FowlerThe numbers of students graduating with first degrees in 1964–65 to 1973–74, the latest year for which figures are available were:
information for subsequent years is not available.