§ Dr. Hampsonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many institutions offering advanced courses, other than polytechnics and colleges of higher education, now exist in the public sector; and what is the number of advanced full-time and advanced part-time places they provide.
§ Mr. Waldegrave:In the public sector in 1980–81 there were 315 major establishments of further education, other than polytechnics, offering advanced courses in England. Enrolments on advanced courses at these establishments at 1 November 1980 were:
Number Full-time and sandwich 69,001 Part-time 94,102 TOTAL 163,103 Many establishments include the words "Institute/College of Higher Education" in their name but they do not, in themselves, constitute a separate statistical category and they have, therefore, been included in the reply.
263WInformation about the academic year 1981–82 will be available shortly.