HC Deb 20 May 1993 vol 225 c247W
Mr. Beith

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what was the total full-time equivalent number of students in higher education, postgraduate and undergraduate, from the United Kingdom and EC, in each year from 1980 to the most recent year available.

Mr. Boswell

Total full-time equivalent (FTE) student numbers of United Kingdom and EC domiciled' higher education students in Great Britain institutions are shown in the table:

Year FTE2 (thousands)
1980 542.7
1981 570.5
1982 587.8
1983 603.6
1984 612.4
1985 624.1
1986 642.1
1987 655.4
1988 678.6
1989 724.8
1990 785.3
1991 880.6
1 Includes a small number of non-EC overseas domiciled part-time students.
2 An illustrative weight of 0.35 has been applied to part-time students to derive full-time equivalent student numbers.

Sources: USR, FESR, WO, SOED.