HC Deb 16 February 1984 vol 54 c313W
Mr. Andrew F. Bennett

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many home students were admitted to higher education institutions in the United Kingdom in each of the last five years of full-time and sandwich courses.

Mr. Brooke

The information below relates to the numbers of home students who entered a full-time or sandwich course of higher education in Great Britain for the first time. Similar information in respect of institutions in Northern Ireland is not readily available.

Thousands
Initial entrants
1978–79 137.7
1979–80 143.0
1980–81 147.6
1981–82 156.9
1982–83 161.1