§ Mr. LlwydTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what is the number of students in further and higher education in the United Kingdom; and what is the current ratio of school leavers to the number entering higher education. [23249]
§ Mr. ForthThe numbers of enrolments in further—excluding adult education centres—and higher education in the UK in 1994–95 are provisionally estimated to be 2,573,000 and 1,701,000, respectively.
25WInformation on the numbers of school leavers who entered higher education directly is not readily available. In some cases, progression to HE will be direct from further education or tertiary college, and some students will enter after a year abroad or other sabbatical. The available information on entrants to HE by age is given in the following table:
Age1 Number of entrants2 to HE in UKs in 1994–95 (000) 18 years and under 154 19 years 87 20 years and over 561 All ages 802 1Age at 31 August. 2 Provisional. Includes Open university.