Student Statistics (Hansard, 24 May 1994)

§ Mr. Robert Banks
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many mature students attended universities and colleges in each of the last three years.

§ Mr. Boswell
The table shows the number of students on their first year of an higher education course in Great Britain who were defined as mature' in each of the last three academic years.

1990–91 1991–92 1992–93

262,249 308,147 352,258

¹Mature students are defined as those who at the start of their undergraduate course are aged 21 and over, and for those commencing a postgraduate course 25 years old and over.

§ Mr. Robert Banks
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many mature students currently in higher education are aged over 30 years.

§ Mr. Boswell
In the academic year 1992–93, there were 163,446 students aged over 30 years in their first year of study, of whom 154,219 were United Kingdom domiciled.

1990–91	1991–92	1992–93
262,249	308,147	352,258
¹Mature students are defined as those who at the start of their undergraduate course are aged 21 and over, and for those commencing a postgraduate course 25 years old and over.