§ Mr. Don FosterTo ask the Secretary of State for Education how many students embarked on a higher education social science or arts course in 1992; and how many have done so in the current year.
§ Mr. BoswellIn the academic year 1992–93 there were 56,000 students commencing post-graduate arts courses and 13,000 social science courses in England. A further 244,000 embarked on undergraduate courses, of these 197,000 were studying an arts subject and 47,000 social science. Comparable figures for 1993–94 are not yet available.