HC Deb 27 February 1978 vol 945 c30W
Mr. Wigley

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many students there are in full-time higher education establishments in Wales, including the university, teacher-training colleges, polytechnic and technical colleges and other vocational training colleges; and of these, how many it is estimated originate from Wales.

Mr. Oakes

The number of full-time and sandwich students at the University of Wales and on teacher training and other courses of higher education at maintained further education establishments in Wales in the academic year 1976–77—the latest available—was 26,748, of whom about 12,000 were permanently resident in Wales.