§ Mr. Richard Wainwrightasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many places on first degree courses in production engineering were offered by universities and polytechnics in the United Kingdom in 1975–76 and 1976–77; and how many were taken up in each year.
§ Mr. OakesStatistics of places offered are not collected. The number of students admitted to full-time and sandwich first degree courses in production engineering was as follows:
Statistics of students admitted to first degree courses in production engineering in combination with another subject are not available. Eight universities offered such courses in 1976–77. In addition many other engineering courses include production engineering.
First Year Students Academic Year Universities (united Kingdom) Polytechnics (England and Wales) 1975–76 166 50 1976–77 (provisional figure) 209 63
§ Mr. Richard Wainwrightasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she will list in the Official Report the number of first degrees in production engineering awarded in the United Kingdom in each of the past five years.
§ Mr. OakesThe number of first degrees in production engineering awarded by universities or the Council 427W for National Academic Awards in the last five years was as follows:
The figures relate to the United Kingdom. Statistics for 1976 are not yet available.
Year 1971 … … … 201 1972 … … … 207 1973 … … … 249 1974 … … … 275 1975 … … … 224 Figures for degrees in production engineering in combination with another subject, or as a component of a more general engineering degree, are not separately available.