§ 100. Mr. EvennettTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many applications there have been for courses of higher education in the forthcoming 171W academic year; how many people are presently in higher education; and what were the numbers in higher education (a) five years ago and (b) 10 years ago.
Mr. JacksonBy 15 December 1989, the Universities Central Council on Admissions and the Polytechnics Central Admissions System had received 195,000 and 152,000 applications respectively from home and overseas students for admission to higher education courses in 1990. There are an estimated 1,061,000 students on higher education courses in institutions in Great Britain in the current academic year, compared with 882,000 in 1984–85 and 778,000 in 1979–80.