§ Mr. WrayTo 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. JacksonThe 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.