§ Mr. SheermanTo ask the Secretary of State for Education how many mature women students were taking degree courses at British universities in each of the last 15 years.
§ Mr. BoswellInformation on the number of home-domiciled mature entrants to first degree courses at institutions in Great Britain is given in the table below.
Academic year Men Women 1979–80 14,600 10,800 1980–81 14,000 10,300 1981–82 14,800 11,000 1982–83 14,100 10,800 1983–84 14,000 10,700 1984–85 13,600 11,200 1985–86 14,800 12,900 1986–87 15,600 13,100 1987–88 16,600 15,300 1988–89 18,700 17,700 1989–90 21,000 21,500 1990–91 24,300 25,000 1991–92 35,900 35,500 1992–93 47,126 45,894