Mr. Jim Callaghanasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many engineering undergraduates there are expected to be in British universities and polytechnics by 1985; and how this compares with the number there was in 1979.
§ Mr. BrookeThere were 53,000 full-time and sandwich undergraduates on engineering and technology courses in British universities and English polytechnics in 1983. Figures are not yet available but a further increase is expected for 1984. The corresponding figure for 1979 was 50,300. The numbers of part-time undergraduates were 3,000 and 2,200 in 1983 and 1979, respectively.