HC Deb 08 July 1986 vol 101 cc128-9W
18. Mr. Jessel

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what further representations he has received about the recommendations of the National Advisory Body.

Mr. George Walden

In my reply of 10 June to the hon. Member for Liverpool, West Derby (Mr. Wareing) I said that since the secretariat of the National Advisory Body wrote to institutions on 4 April with proposals for student numbers in 1987–88, about 470 representations had been received. Since then a further 250 representations have been received.

37. Miss Boothroyd

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what representations he has received in the past month from directors of polytechnics about the National Advisory Body's planning exercise for 1987–88.

39. Mr. Clelland

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what representations he has received in the past month from directors of polytechnics about the National Advisory Body's planning exercise for 1987–88.

55. Mr. Corbyn

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what representations he has received in the past month from directors of polytechnics about the National Advisory Body's planning exercise for 1987–88.

74. Mr. Derek Fatchett

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what representations he has received in the past month from the directors of polytechnics about the National Advisory Body's planning exercise for 1987–88.

Mr. Walden

I refer the hon. Members to the Answer I gave earlier today to the hon. Members for Newcastle upon Tyne, East (Mr. Brown) and Knowsley, North (Mr. Kilroy-Silk).

47. Dr. Michael Clark

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will indicate the number of students at polytechnics, the proportion of school leavers gaining places and how this compares with previous years.

Mr. Walden

The figures for English polytechnics and English school leavers are as follows:

Academic Year
1979–80 1983–84 1984–85 *1985–86
Number of full-time and part-time students (thousands) 175.2 215.8 220.3 228.2

Academic Year
1979–80 1983–84 1984–85 *1985–86
Percentage of school leavers whose intended destination was a full-time course at a Polytechnic starting in the year shown 2.1 2.7 2.9 2.8
* Provisional.