HC Deb 01 March 1994 vol 238 c690W
Mr. Robert Ainsworth

To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many students took the legal practice course in each of the last five years.

Mr. Boswell

Information on the number of students taking a legal practice course is not available centrally. Numbers taking the Law Society final examination and the Bar vocational course are shown below:

Law society final examination
Numbers
89 3,545
90 4,120
91 5,002
92 5,559
93 5,677

Source—The Law Society

Bar vocational course
Numbers
89–90 819
90–91 871
91–92 1,059
92–93 1,016

Source—Council of Legal Education