§ Mr. Ron Daviesasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what information he has about the number of first degree students enrolling in the current academic year at universities.
Candidates GCE O and A-level graded results in specified foreign languages English Examination Boards Summer examinations 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 O-level Higher graded results* in French 98,578 96,313 94,202 90,230 88,346 German 31,467 31,398 30,794 29,422 27,743 Spanish 8,462 8,197 8,193 8,040 7,716 Russian 1,116 1,102 1,036 1,010 1,117 Chinese (modern) 1,278 1,049 1,145 1,236 1,354 Chinese (classical) 47 — — 158 — Graded results† in French 134,970 132,198 130,915 125,800 125,806 German 43,017 42,182 40,383 38,975 37,245 Spanish 11,382 11,086 11,058 10,971 10,421 Russian 1,319 1,293 1,194 1,168 1,277 Chinese (modern) 1,388 1,172 1,268 1,362 1,541 Chinese (classical) 48 — — 177 — A-level Graded results‡ in French 18,042 18,408 18,355 17,847 16,720 German 6,906 7,168 7,382 7,082 6,507 Spanish 2,176 2,262 2,206 2,323 2,117 Russian 321 319 284 293 289 Chinese (modern) 185 178 144 184 268 Chinese (classical) 3 — — 2 — * Higher graded results are defined as O-level grades A-C. † Graded results are defined as O-level graded A-E. ‡ Graded results are defined as A-level grades A-E. 330W
1st degree graduates in specified foreign languages Calendar year 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985* Universities (Great Britain French 1,002 1,104 1,103 1,096 1,055 French/German 444 505 537 539 450 German 443 482 528 542 472
§ Mr. WaldenFinal information for 1985 is not yet available. Provisional information, based on the number of accepted home candidates through the Universities' Central Council on Admissions, suggests there were 71,000 full-time and sandwich home new entrant undergraduates to universities in Great Britain in 1985.