§ Mr. Andrew F. Bennettasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish in the Official Report the young mature entry index and the older mature participation index (as defined in the public expenditure White Papers Cmnd. 9702, table 3.12.10, page 194 and Cmnd. 9428, table 3.10.4 page, 150), for the latest public expenditure White Paper, Cmnd. 56 (a) for higher education, and (b) for universities only.
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§ Mr. WaldenThe information is shown in the following table:
Young Mature Entry Index and Older Mature Entry Index for initial home1 entrants to higher education and universities in Great Britain. Higher Education Universities Academic year beginning YMEl2 OMPl3 YMEl2 OMPl3 Actual 1981 7.5 0.245 2.0 0.052 1982 7.2 0.246 1.7 0.046 1983 6.9 0.261 1.5 0.048 1984 7.2 0.256 1.6 0.051 19854 7.6 0.267 1.6 0.054 Projection P 1986 7.6 0.267 1.6 0.054 1987 7.6 0.267 1.6 0.054 1988 7.6 0.267 1.6 0.054 1989 7.6 0.267 1.6 0.054 Projection Q 1986 7.8 0.267 1.6 0.054 1987 8.0 0.268 1.6 0.055 1988 8.1 0.270 1.6 0.055 1989 8.1 0.271 1.6 0.056 1 The term "home entrants" refers to entrants domiciled in the United Kingdom. 2 The young mature entry index is defined as the number of initial
Expenditure on mandatory and full value awards: 1979–80 to 1984–85 England and Wales Mandatory awards All full value awards Academic years Maintenance expenditure £ million In 1986–87 real terms1 £ million Real terms indexed (1979–80 = 100) Maintenance expenditure £ million In 1986–87 real terms1 £ million Real terms indexed (1979–80 = 100) 1979–80 332 528 100.0 382 608 100.0 1980–81 398 548 103.4 451 621 102.0 1981–82 443 561 106.0 499 632 104.0 1982–83 472 562 106.4 531 633 104.1 1983–84 502 572 108.1 566 645 106.1 1984–85 480 523 98.9 545 594 97.7 1 Based on the GDP deflator for academic years plus estimate for the 1986–87 deflator.