§ Dr. Hampsonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she will publish the latest figures comparing the numbers of students in further education on first-degree and equivalent courses with the number of undergraduates in universities.
§ Mr. Oakes:For the academic year 1978–79, provisional estimates show the number of enrolments on full-time and sandwich first degree courses in maintained, assisted and grant-aided establishments of further education in England and Wales as 112,000, and the number of full-time and sandwich course undergraduates at universities in Great Britain as 240,000, of whom 202,000 are in universities in England and Wales.