HC Deb 17 January 1986 vol 89 cc709-10W
Mr. Andrew F. Bennett

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what was the proportion of students entering higher education who can be classified as non-standard entrants in each year since 1979.

Mr. Walden

The proportions of home students entering university undergraduate courses in Great Britain

Students from abroad: Great Britain
Thousands
1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984
Universities 29.5 32.9 35.6 37.2 38.5 37.7 35.8 34.6 33.3 33.8 34.6
Public sector higher education 12.2 16.8 21.2 22.4 22.1 21.0 19.7 18.6 15.3 13.8 13.6
Non-advanced further education 21.6 26.8 27.7 27.5 27.1 26.6 19.5 11.1 8.1 7.8 7.3

estimates for each of the last 10 years showing the revenue raised from school meal charges, the subsidy paid on school meals, and the expenditure on free meals at (a)cash prices, (b)1984-85 prices and (c)indexed, using 1975–76 as the base;

(2) what was (a)the total Government expenditure on school meals and (b)expenditure on free school meals for each year since 1978-79 to the latest available date, expressed in cash terms, real terms using 1984-85 prices, and indexed using 1978–79 as the base; what was the proportion of the school population receiving school meals during the period; and what was the proportion receiving free school meals.

Mr. Dunn

The information that is available is as follows:

and CNAA first degree courses in England who did not have two or more A-level passes or Scottish highers were as follows:

Percentage
1979 17
1980 17
1981 17
1982 19
1983 18
1984 19