§ 11. Mr. David Priceasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many places for the academic year 1978–79 currently remain unfilled on all engineering first-degree courses both at universities and at polytechnics; and what percentage of total places these vacancies represent.
§ Mr. OakesInformation is not available in this form. In higher education, admissions to engineering and technology courses in 1975, 1976 and 1977 were successively the highest ever. The indications146W are that admissions to engineering courses in 1978–79 will be even higher than last year.