HC Deb 31 January 1989 vol 146 cc173-4W
Mr. Wray

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what proportion of first time university students entered full-time courses in science for each year since 1975.

Mr. Jackson

The information is as follows:

Full-time undergraduates new entrants to universities in Great Britain
Academic year beginning in Percentage science
1975 49
1976 50
1977 50
1978 50
1979 50
1980 51
1981 55
1982 52
1983 52
1984 51
1985 50
1986 49
1987 49

In 1985 a new subject classification was introduced, and figures are not therefore comparable with previous years' data.