§ Mrs. Faithasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what has been the higher education age participation rate and the size of the 18-year-old population in each of the last five years.
§ Sir Keith JosephThe information is as follows:
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Year APR per cent. 18-year-old population (1,000's) 1978–79 12.4 850 1979–80 12.4 875 1980–81 12.7 896 1981–82 13.2 913 1982–83 13.5 *939 * Provisional.
§ Mr. John Pageasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many part-time students there were in higher education in each of the last five years.
§ Sir Keith JosephThe information is as follows:
Year Part-time students in Great Britain higher education (1000's) 1978–79 259 1979–80 267 1980–81 282 1981–82 298 1982–83 Not yet available
§ Mr. Peter Griffithsasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many qualified young people have not obtained places in higher education in each of the last five years; how many are not expected to do so over the next five years; and if he will make a statement.
§ Sir Keith JosephThe available evidence suggests that all those qualified young people who wished to enter higher education over the last five years would have been able to find a place somewhere within the higher education system, although of course not necessarily at the institution or in the subject of their choice. The numbers of students that institutions will be able to take in future years consistent with the Government's spending plans are under discussion with the organisations concerned. For 1983–84 universities will be continuing to adjust their intakes in accordance with their student number targets, while local authority higher education institutions will be expected to admit as many students as they reasonably can within the resources available to them. It is too early to say whether this will mean that demand continues to be met.
§ Mr. Stokesasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many students entered full-time higher education in each of the last five years.
§ Sir Keith JosephThe information is as follows:
Year (1000's) Home Full-time initial entrants to Great Britain Higher Education 1978–79 137.7 1979–80 143.0 1980–81 147.6 1981–82 156.9 1982–83 *161.8 * Provisional