HC Deb 29 June 1994 vol 245 c567W
Mr. Hutton

To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many students aged 50 years or over have enrolled on full-time higher education courses in each of the last five years.

Mr. Boswell

[holding answer 27 June 1994]: The numbers of United K ingdom domiciled new entrant higher education students in England aged 50 or over studying undergraduate courses for the past five years are set out in the table.

Year Number
1988–89 1,184
1989–90 1,019
1990–91 1,321
1991–92 1,521
1992–93 2,440