Further and Higher Education

HC Deb 25 January 1995 vol 253 cc202-3W

Mr. Dafis

To ask the Secretary of State for Education if she will publish for(a) England and (b) the United Kingdom, for the last three available years, the number of full-time students in (i) further education, (ii) higher education and (iii) further and higher education in total, indicating the percentage of women in each case.

Mr. Boswell

The information requested is shown:

Numbers of students in further and higher education in England and the UK—1990 to 1992 Full-time and sandwich only Home and overseas
	England Total 000s	United Kingdom Women 000s	Women Percentage	Total 000s	Women 000s	Women Percentage
1990–91
Further Education	402.9	219.2	54.4	480.4	260.9	54.3
Higher Education	592.8	277.3	46.8	747.0	352.0	47.1
Total	995.7	496.5	49.9	1,227.4	612.9	49.9
1991–92
Further Education	465.2	248.0	53.3	542.6	289.6	53.4
Higher Education	670.7	317.7	47.4	844.0	400.0	47.4
Total	1,135.8	564.9	49.7	1,386.6	689.6	49.7
1992–93
Further Education	498.0	260.5	52.3	586.0	305.9	52.2
Higher Education	762.3	365.0	47.9	958.0	461.0	48.1
Total	1,260.3	625.5	49.6	1,544.0	766.9	49.7

Sources USR, DFE (FESR), Welsh Office, Scottish Office and DENI.