§ Mr. Pawseyasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what percentage of undergraduates in universities and polytechnics receiving mandatory grants receive full maintenance grants.
§ Mr. BrookeIn England and Wales in the academic year 1981–82, the latest year for which information is available, 29 per cent. of university students and 39 per cent. of students on courses of advanced further education who were in receipt of full value mandatory or discretionary awards had parents who were assessed for a nil parental contribution.
Information on awards to students at polytechnics or on parental assessments for mandatory awards only is not available separately.
§ Mr. Pawseyasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what was the total expenditure on maintenance grants for university and polytechnic students in 1959, 1969, 1979 and at the latest date for which figures are available; and if he will express the figures at constant prices.
1969–70 1979–80 1982–83 Numbers percentage Numbers percentage Numbers percentage (000s) of total (000s) of total (000s) of total Universities in Great Britain Full-time and sandwich Arts 99.3 45.3 140.6 48.0 139.5 47.2 Science 120.0 54.7 152.1 52.0 155.9 52.8 of which engineering 35.3 16.1 42.5 14.5 42.7 14.5 Part-time Arts 13.5 57.1 18.5 61.8 21.2 63.3 Science 10.2 42.9 11.5 38.2 12.3 36.7 of which engineering 2.7 11.6 2.9 9.7 2.9 8.8 Public sector in England and Wales* Full-time and sandwich Arts 143.5 76.0 120.9 63.1 132.1 (74.8)† 60.7 of which teacher training 108.0 57.2 37.1 19.4 26.5 (7.7)† 12.2 Science 45.4 24.0 70.6 36.9 85.7 (64.1)† 39.3 of which engineering 23.1 12.2 30.4 15.9 34.0 (25.9)† 15.6 Part-time Arts 48.4 42.2 85.8 55.5 88.3 (36.6)† 53.0 of which teacher training — — 15.2 9.8 17.7 (6.1)† 10.6 Science 66.2 57.8 68.8 44.5 78.2 (28.5)† 47.0 of which engineering 44.8 39.1 42.2 27.3 53.2 (13.9)† 32.0 * England only in 1982–83. † Polytechnics in brackets.
§ Mr. Pawseyasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many and what percentage of students at
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§ Mr. BrookeThe available information is as follows. The volume of expenditure depends upon the value of awards as well as student numbers.
Expenditure by LEAs in England and Wales on Full Value Maintenance Awards £ million Academic Year Outturn Expenditure Expenditure at 1981–82 prices University Advanced Further Education University Advanced Further Education 1958–59 26.3 — — 1968–69 37.0 23.6 169.9 108.4 1978–79 155.7 159.8 233.5 239.6 1981–82 244.4 254.2 244.4 254.2 Notes:
Information on awards to students at polytechnics is not available separately. For 1958–59, separate figures for university students and students on courses of advanced further education are not available. Repricing factors for the year 1958–59 are not considered sufficiently reliable in relation to later years.
§ Mr. Pawseyasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many and what percentage of students in universities and polytechnics were studying (a) arts subjects, (b) science subjects and (c) engineering in 1959, 1969, 1979 and at the most recent date for which figures are available.
§ Mr. BrookeInformation in respect of the universities is as follows. As only eight of the 30 polytechnics were in existence in 1969–70, figures relating to courses of advanced further education as a whole have been provided. Comparable information in respect of 1959–60 is not available.
741Wuniversities and polytechnics came from each socioeconomic group in 1959, 1969, 1979 and at the latest date for which figures are available.
§ Mr. BrookeThe following information, published in the statistical supplements to the annual reports of the Universities Central Council on Admissions, relates to the number of home candidates accepted into universities in the individual years named. That for 1969–70 was collected on the basis of parental occupation, while that for the latter years is on the basis of the social class of the parent. However, between 1979 and 1982 there was a change in the basis of the social class classification and the figures given are not on a comparable base.
1979–80 1982–83 Social class Number percentage of total known Number percentage of total known (000s) (000s) I Professional etc., occupations 15.1 22 15.6 24 II Intermediate occupations 29.2 42 32.1 49 III N Skilled occupations, non-manual 9.3 13 6.0 9 III M Skilled occupations, manual 11.3 16 8.0 12 IV Partly skilled occupations 3.5 5 3.2 5 V Unskilled occupations 0.7 1 0.6 1 Unclassified 7.5 — 7.2 — Comparable information in respect of 1959–60 and for polytechnics is not available.