§ Mr. Waldenasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science when he expects to make available the report of Her Majesty's Inspectorate on the effects of local authority expenditure policies on the education service in England in 1983.
New Undergraduate students New Postgraduate students Associate students Short course students Learning material sold Students on specialised short courses 1971 19,581 13 — — — — 1972 15,716 68 — — — — 1973 12,680 92 1,885 — — — 1974 11,336 80 1,350 1,584 — — 1975 14,830 102 4,188 1,768 — — 1976 12,231 107 4,578 118 — — 1977 15,146 116 5,576 6,096 — — 1978 15,622 124 6,923 13,713 — — 1979 14,854 160 8,778 10,311 — — 1980 14,022 139 7,889 22,271 3,046 — 1981 14,410 133 7,078 15,752 2,755 — 1982 17,772 174 7,150 16,443 13,375 — 1983 17,627 190 7,367 12,805 26,214 974 Notes:
(1) There were 14 postgraduate students admitted during 1969 and 1970
(2) The postgraduate students include part-time external, part-time internal and full-time.
(3) The "undergraduate students" refers to students who finally registered with the university.
(4) Learning materials sold to clients include figures not only for complete packs but also individual items within packs.
(5) Short-course, learning material packs and special short-course figures are course numbers whereas the undergraduate student, associate student and postgraduate figures are student numbers.
§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) how many students are currently enrolled on first degree courses with the Open University;
(2) how many students resident in Cheshire are currently enrolled on courses with the Open University;
(3) how many degrees have been awarded to residents of Cheshire by the Open University in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Brooke[pursuant to his reply, 22 May 1984, c. 445]: I am informed by the Open University that the provisional number of students enrolled on first-degree courses in 1984 is 66,763. In addition, 8,675 have registered as associate students to take courses at the same level. The Open University does not have information readily available about its students by separate local authority level but on the basis of regional information the Open University estimated that about 1,400 students from Cheshire are currently enrolled on its courses and that about 100 Cheshire residents have been awarded Open University degrees in each of the last five years.
§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many of the students enrolled with the Open University were (a) under 20 year
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§ Sir Keith JosephThe HMI report on the effects of local authority expenditure policies on the education service in England in the autumn of 1983 has been published today. Copies are available in the Vote Office. The report contains much of value for all those concerned with education and deserves to be widely read.