Mr. AmensTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many children went into higher education in each of the last two years in Basildon.
§ Mr. EggarInformation for the Basildon area is not available centrally.
The estimated numbers of school leavers from maintained schools in the Essex local education authority area whose intended destination was further or higher education for the academic years 1988–89 and 1989–90, the latest years available, were 5,000 and 6,150 respectively. Information for higher education is not available separately at local authority level.
§ Mr. TrotterTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he will give the numbers attending full-time and sandwich courses at universities and polytechnics in the northern region in 1990 and 1991.
§ Mr. EggarThe number of home and overseas domiciled students attending full-time and sandwich higher education courses at the three polytechnics in the northern region in 1990 was 18,900, and the number attending similar courses at the two universities in the region was 14,700.