Colleges of Higher and Further Education

HC Deb 21 June 1978 vol 952 cc186-8W

25. Miss Harvie Anderson

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many places there are in colleges of higher education and in colleges of further education in Scotland; what has been the proportion of places filled in these colleges during the last five years; what is the projected occupancy rate in the next five years; and what proportion of students in all categories of Scottish colleges is foreign or from the Commonwealth.

Mr. Millan

Since the working capacity of an educational establishment varies from time to time because of a number of factors, the information requested about places is not readily available. The fallowing table shows the actual and estimated numbers of full-time equivalent students for the years concerned. The percentage of full-time foreign and Commonwealth students in the colleges in 1976–77 was 3.2.

STUDENT ENROLMENTS (FULL-TIME EQUIVALENTS) IN COLLEGES OF HIGHER AND FURTHER EDUCATION
			Actual	Estimated
			1973–74	1974–75	1975–76	1976–77	1977–78	1978–79	1979–80	1980–81	1981–82	1982–83
Central Institutions:
(a)	…	…	8,914	9,521	10,062	10,397	11,500	12,100	12,500	13,100	13,200	13,200
(b)	…	…	466	475	555	575	600	760	810	830	840	850
Colleges of Education	…	…	13,900	13,100	12,800	10,100	8,800	8,300	8,100	8,100	8,400	8,400
Further Education Colleges	…	…	57,613	64,680	65,375	72,613 (c)	72,800	74,300	75,800	77,000	78,100	79,000
TOTAL	…	…	80,893	87,776	88,792	93,685	93,700	95,460	97,210	99,030	100,540	101,450
Notes:
(a) Financed by Scottish Education Department.
(b) Financed by Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland.
(c) Provisional.