HC Deb 08 February 1990 vol 166 c745W
93. Mr. leuan Wyn Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many students were attending full-time courses in agricultural colleges in 1989; and what was the comparable figure for 1984.

Mr. Jackson

Available figures for full-time students attending agricultural colleges in England which were local education authority maintained or assisted or in receipt of direct grant from the Department of Education and Science are as follows:

Number
November 1984 8,700
November 19881 8,200
1 Provisional

Statistics for colleges in other parts of the United Kingdom are the responsibility of the respective Secretaries of State.