HC Deb 21 February 1985 vol 73 c532W
Mr. Jim Callaghan

asked 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. Brooke

There 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.