§ Mr. Fatchettasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many mature students were taking degree courses in English universities in the academic years 1982–83, 1981–82 and 1980–81.
§ Mr. BrookeIn 1980–81 and 1981–82 the numbers of home and overseas mature entrants, de fined as those aged 21 or more on entry to higher education, to full-time undergraduate courses in universities in England were 9,646 and 9,040, respectively. Mature entrants to part-time courses in these years were 1,539 and 1,606, respectively. Comparable data for 1982–83 are not yet available.