HC Deb 10 July 1990 vol 176 c185W
Dame Jill Knight

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what was the proportion of women in higher education(a) today and (b) 10 years ago.

Mr. Jackson

In 1988–89, a total of 44 per cent. of all home full-time and part-time students in higher education in Great Britain were women. The comparable figure for the academic year 1979–80 was 37 per cent.