Mr. Thompsonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what was the number of people undertaking full-time education in (a) schools, (b) universities and (c) other colleges of further higher education, during each of the last 10 years.
§ Sir Keith JosephThe information requested is as follows:
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In full-time education—England only Thousands School *Further education *Universities Total 1974–75 9,056 321 195 9,572 1975–76 9,104 378 204 9,686 1976–77 9,099 476 212 9,787 1977–78 9,007 472 220 9,699 1978–79 8,900 475 226 9,601 1979–80 8,737 472 230 9,439 1980–81 8,518 483 234 9,235
School *Further education *Universities Total 1981–82 8,286 532 235 9,053 1982–83 8,041 573 231 8,845 1983–84 7,849 575 228 8,652 * Full-time and sandwich but excluding private education outside school.