HC Deb 22 February 1983 vol 37 cc412-3W
1982. Mr. Dalyell

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what conveniently available information he has as to the total intake into universities in (a) 1979 and (b)

Mr. Waldegrave

The University Grants Committee estimates that there were 79,000 undergraduate and 27,100 postgraduate full-time new entrants to the universities of Great Britain in October 1982. The comparable figures for October 1979 were 83,500 and 27,900 respectively. Both sets of figures are taker from the autumn count of the UGC which relates to October. The definitive university statistics relate to the position at December and those for 1982–83 will not be available until the summer. The final 1979 entry figures were 83,800 undergraduates and 29,300 postgraduates.