§ 1992. Mrs. DunwoodyTo ask the Secretary of State for Education what percentage of students in higher education left their courses before completion and sought employment in(a) 1982 and (b)
§ Mr. BoswellDestinations of students who leave courses before completion are not collected. Details of leavers in the old universities are given in table 10 of "University Management Statistics and Performance Indicators", 1992 edition, a copy of which is in the Library. Available data for the former polytechnics and colleges are shown in DFE statistical bulletin 9/92, which is also in the Library. The next departmental report will also contain a table of estimated wastage rates; it shows wastage at 13.1 per cent. in 1982–83 and 15.3 per cent. in 1990–91.