§ Mr. Wallaceasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) what information he has as to how many first-year undergraduates with solely Scottish Examination Board qualifications were admitted to universities in England and Wales in the academic year (a) 1984–85 and (b) 1985–86;
(2) what information he has as to how many first-year undergraduates were admitted to each of the Scottish universities with only English GCE qualifications.
§ Mr. BrookeThe available information for fulltime undergraduates paying home fees entering in 1983 (the latest year for which information is available) is as follows.
Main entry qualification SCE GCE Other Total Universities in England and Wales 520 54,378 5,959 60,857 Universities in Scotland 7,353 2,135 943 10,431 Information on each of the Scottish universities is not readily available.