HC Deb 20 June 1994 vol 245 cc32-3W
Mr. Robert Banks

To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) what has been the total number of students attending university and colleges in each of the last three years;

(2) what was the number of students attending universities and colleges who are aged over 35, 40 and 45 years, for the latest available period.

Mr. Boswell

The numbers of United Kingdom domiciled higher education students in England were 800,600, 891,200 and 995,200 in academic years 1990–91, 1991–92 and 1992–93 respectively. The numbers of students aged 35 or over in 1992–93 on the same basis were 146,500. Information on the other age groups is not readily available.

Mr. Murphy

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what is the projected number of higher education franchised students in further education colleges for 1994–95; and what was the figure for the year in which the higher education students early statistics survey was last done.

Mr. Boswell

In the academic year 1993–94, the higher education students early statistics survey showed an estimated 43,000 franchised home and EC fee-paying HE students in further education colleges. The number of franchised HE students in FE colleges in 1994–95 will depend on decisions taken by individual HE institutions on how and where to deliver the teaching supported by HEFCE funding allocations.