§ Mr. Barry Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will give education expenditure in the United Kingdom as a percentage of gross national product compared with that of each of the European Economic Community nations in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement.
§ Sir Keith JosephThe available information for each year from 1970 is as follows:
Full-time and sand-wich Part-time Men Women Men Women 1974 99,641 99,882 95,518 16,087 1975 104,922 100,600 99,501 18,702 1976 108,028 97,725 100,155 20,255 1977 106,591 88,851 103,681 27,144 1978 105,721 80,900 110,089 32,571 1979 104,394 79,625 112,433 36,484 1980 105,281 81,629 118,925 39,910 1981 114,563 89,281 122,303 42,239 More detailed figures may be found in the statistical volumes published by the Department and by the Welsh Office, copies of which are available in the Library.
§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish in the Official Report the numbers of initial entrants, under 21 years of age, in advanced, full and part-time courses at maintained, 261W assisted and grant-aided establishments who were domiciled in (a) Wales, (b) England and (c) Scotland, for each year since 1974.
§ Mr. WaldegraveNot all the information requested is readily available. The following information excludes entrants from Great Britain to colleges in Northern Ireland.
Home full time entrants to higher education aged under 21 Advanced courses at establishments of further and higher education in Great Britain (excluding universities) 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 Country of Domicile Thousands Thousands Thousands Thousands Wales 2.1 2.1 2.2 2.3 England 34.3 33.3 34.0 36.3 Scotland 5.7 5.5 5.9 6.8 Note: Figures for 1980–81 and those for advanced courses in 1978–79 include an element of estimation.