§ Q8. Mr. Andrew F. Bennettasked the Prime Minister if she will set up a survey to establish the trends there have been in standards for university admission between 1945 and 1981 and the projected standards until 1985.
§ The Prime MinisterNo. Information on the qualifications of home accepted candidates to universities has been published by the Universities Central Council on Admissions since 1963. Over the next few years it is likely that entry standards will rise as the universities reduce this intake by about 5 per cent. as compared with 1979–80 to meet the student numbers targets set by the UGC for 1983–84 or 1984–85.