HC Deb 08 March 1988 vol 129 cc123-4W
Mr. Baldry

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how the number of postgraduates in science has changed since 1979, in absolute and percentage terms.

Mr. Jackson

The information is as follows:

Full-time United Kingdom domiciled science postgraduates in Great Britain
Thousands
1979 8.3
1986 1.11
Change +2.8
Percentage change +34

The subject classification for universities changed in 1985, so that the figures are compiled on slightly different bases.

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