§ Mr. Andrew F. Bennettasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the percentage change in the overseas students intake for each year since 1974, and for the periods 1974–75 to 1978–79 and 1979–80 to 1984–85, in both global terms and on a proportion of the (a) higher and (b) further education population.
§ Mr. WaldenThe information is as follows:
Students from abroad on the first year of their course Great Britain Higher education Non-advanced further education Total Percentage change 1974 to 1975 +17.5 -10.5 +3.7 1975 to 1976 +10.7 -2.8 -5.0 1976 to 1977 +2.1 -2.8 +0.2 1977 to 1978 -1.4 -1.5 -1.4 1978 to 1979 -7.0 -0.4 -4.5 1979 to 1980 -9.6 -35.6 -19.9 1980 to 1981 +2.3 -46.4 -13.2
Calendar year 1984 Region of Study Under-graduates Associates Post-graduates* Total*† London 8,228 1,380 62 9,670 South East 5,475 675 31 6,181 South 6,612 853 76 7,541 South West 4,739 588 29 5,356 West Midlands 5,420 745 37 6,202 East Midlands 4,264 481 25 4,770 East Anglia 6,784 872 52 7,708 Yorkshire 4,597 511 28 5,136 North West 6,909 894 44 7,847 North 3,191 425 11 3,627 Wales 2,658 313 18 2,989 Scotland 6,289 708 39 7,036 Northern Ireland 1,597 230 5 1,832 Overseas — — 15 15 Total 66,763 8,675 472 75,910 * Excluding 240 postgraduate students on Open University campus and 144 postgraduate students on taught higher degree courses.
† Excluding short courses, specialised short courses and learning materials for which figures are not available by region of study.