HC Deb 29 March 1976 vol 908 cc371-2W
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) what percentage of United Kingdom university undergraduate places were held by English students from 1960 until 1976, giving the exact percentage for each year;

(2) what percentage of United Kingdom university undergraduate places was held by Scottish students from 1960 until 1976, giving the exact percentage for each year.

Mr. Gerry Fowler

Information is available only for 1974–75 when it is provisionally estimated that the percentage of full-time and sandwich undergraduates at United Kingdom universities whose country of domicile was England or Wales was 76 per cent., and those whose country of domicile was Scotland was 14 per cent. Separate figures for England have not been compiled.

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what percentage of students in Scottish universities from 1960 until 1976 had attended schools in England previously, giving the exact percentage for each year.

Mr. Gerry Fowler

I regret that this information is not readily available. In 1974–75 the percentage of full-time and sandwich students at Scottish universities whose country of domicile was England and Wales was provisionally estimated at 14 per cent.