HC Deb 20 June 1984 vol 62 cc186-7W
Mr. Skinner

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what was the total number of university places available to 18-year-olds in 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982 and 1983.

Mr. Brooke

University places are available to applicants who satisfy the entry requirements regardless of their age. The total number of new entrants aged 18 to Great Britain universities on full-time and sandwich undergraduate courses were as follows:

Number
1979–80 32,744
1980–81 33,665
1981–82 32,067
1982–83 31,457

Information for 1983–84 is not yet available.