HC Deb 15 December 1978 vol 960 c643W
Mr. Newton

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what evi-

Engineering and technology
Science
First degree Postgraduate First degree Postgraduate
Lanchester Polytechnic 998 57 746
Maintained, grant-aided and assisted establishments of further education in England and Wales 16,399 1,860 10,482 867
Undergraduate Postgraduate Undergraduate Postgraduate
University of Warwick 299 54 900 236
British universities (excluding Open University) 33.773 9010 52,511 14,667

During the current academic year, Lanchester Polytechnic reported about 60 vacancies for first-year students in these courses, while all further education establishments reported that some 2,200 additional students could be admitted to couses of this type within existing resources, though it is difficult to get consistent statistics in this field. I am told that the University of Warwick has no first-year vacancies in these subjects but such information is not available on a national basis for universities.