§ Mr. Radiceasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what was the total number of part-time students at university in each year since 1974; and what proportion they were of total university student numbers.
§ Mr. Kenneth BakerThe information is shown in the following table.
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Student numbers in universities in Great Britain Academic year beginning Part-time* (000s) Per cent. part-time 1974 24.1 8.8 1975 25.0 8.7 1976 26.0 8.7 1977 27.3 8.9 1978 28.1 8.9 1979 30.0 9.3 1980 31.9 9.7 1981 33.2 10.0 1982 33.5 10.2 1983 34.6 10.6 1984 36.0 11.0
* Excluding the open University.