HC Deb 18 June 1981 vol 6 cc427-9W
Mr. Wm. Ross

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list in the Official Report the numbers of students at each university and each polytechnic institution of higher education in Great Britain.

Dr. Boyson

The information for 1979–80 is given in the following tables:

Enrolments at Polytechnics in England and Wales 1979–80
Full-time and Sandwich Part-time Day and Evening
North East London 3,931 3,742
Middlesex 5,501 2,030
Kingston 4,020 1,502
North London 4,205 2,089
South Bank 3,977 3,371
City 2,936 7,786
Central London 3,522 6,116
Thames 2,644 1,846
Birmingham 3,782 5,136
Lanchester 4,586 1,591
Wolverhampton 3,396 2,678
Liverpool 4,688 2,603
Manchester 7,239 4,942
Sheffield 5,946 3,489
Leeds 4,920 4,619
Newcastle 5,082 3,671
Sunderland 2,960 1,457
Bristol 4,426 3,753
Teesside 1,850 1,676
Plymouth 2,843 776
Brighton 4,079 2,213
Portsmouth 5,213 959
Hatfield 2,917 1,571
Preston 2,300 2,630
Leicester 4,621 2,484
Trent 6,076 2,935
Oxford 3,640 936
North Staffs 2,796 2,113
Wales 2,559 1,219
Huddersfield 3,725 2,451