HC Deb 30 June 1983 vol 44 cc117-8W
Q15. Mr. Andrew F. Bennett

asked the Prime Minister what percentage of 18-year-olds are expected to go to universities in autumn 1983 compared with each of the last three years.

The Prime Minister

Young home entrants to university were 7.5 per cent. of the 18-year-old age group in 1980, 7.2 per cent. in 1981, and (provisionally) 6.9 per cent. in 1982. The University Grants Committee's student number targets imply a figure of about 6.6 per cent. for 1983. The comparable participation rate for higher education as a whole, however, has increased from 12.7 per cent. in 1980 to a provisional figure of 13.5 per cent. in 1982, and that for the non-university sector of higher education from 5.2 per cent. in 1980 to a provisional figure of 6.6 per cent. in 1982.

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