HC Deb 26 October 1984 vol 65 cc732-3W
Mr. Andrew F. Bennett

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many new enrolments of full-time and how many part-time students in colleges and institutes of higher education have occurred in each of the last five years.

Mr. Brooke

The numbers of full-time and part-time first year enrolments on courses of advanced further education in maintained, assisted and grant-aided establishments of further education in England in each of the last five years were as follows:

Full-time (inc. sandwich) courses Part-time courses
1979 83,400 93,800
1980 85,100 98,900

Full-time (inc. sandwich) courses Part-time courses
1981 96,500 102,600
1982 100,200 101,900
1983 101,200 106,800