§ Baroness Brigstockeasked Her Majesty's Government:
What were the percentages, for each department within each university and polytechnic, of students who, having started the first year of a first degree course in autumn 1991, did not subsequently return to the same institution to continue their studies at the start of the academic year 1992/93.
§ The Minister of State, Department for Education (Baroness Blatch)Details for individual institutions and departments are not held centrally. The latest available data on students leaving a course are for academic year 1990/91, during which around 15 per cent. of all first degree students left their course before its completion.