HC Deb 17 February 1987 vol 110 c570W
28. Mr. Chapman

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the number of students currently in higher education; and how this figure compares with eight years before.

Mr. Walden

Provisional information for 1985 indicates there were 528,000 home full-time students and 328,000 part-time students in higher education in Great Britain. The equivalent figures for 1977 were 449,000 and 242,000 students, respectively.