§ Mr. WrayTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what research he has commissioned on the reasons for the reduction in numbers of students in the Scottish universities since 1979.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythThere was no reduction in the numbers of students in Scottish universities between 1979–80 and 1988–89. The number of full-time undergraduate students at Scottish universities rose over the period from 38,570 to 42,870, an increase of more than 10 per cent.