§ Mr. George Gardinerasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she will list for every year since 1945 the number of university students graduating with engineering degrees.
§ Mr. OakesFollowing are numbers of students graduating with first degrees in engineering and technology from universities in Great Britain (other than the Open University) for the years available:
Academic year Excluding external degrees Including external degrees 1947–48 1,7861 Not available 1948–49 2,005 1949–50 2,116 1950–51 2,072 1951–52 2,125 1952–53 1,941 1953–54 1,845 1954–55 1,849 1955–56 1,873 1956–57 2,191 2,648 1957–58 — 2,658 1958–59 — 2,867 1959–60 — 3,415 1960–61 — 3,588 1961–62* — 3,720 1962–63 — 3,543 1963–64 — 3,989 1964–65 — 4,494 1965–66*† — 6,182 1966–67 — 6,665 1967–68 — 7,300 1968–69 — 7,249 1969–70 — 7,933 1970–71 — 8,233 1971–72 — 8,115 1972–73 — 8,005 1973–74 — 8,125 1974–75 — 7,921 1975–76 — 7,512 1976–77 — 7,928 * Not fully comparable with previous year since subject classification was changed. † From this year figures include former Colleges of Advanced Technology and the Heriot Watt College.