§ 36. Mr. Harry GreenwayTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement on the change in the number of students in higher education between(a) June 1970 and February 1974, (b) 1974 and 1979 and (c) 1979 and 1991. [21355]
§ Mr. Raymonds RobertsonThe number of full-time higher education students for the years requested is as follows1
Number Number of full-time HE students in 1970–71 57,656 Number of full-time HE students in 1974–75 66,136 Change in number of full-time HE students between 1970–71 and 1974–75 an increase of 15 per cent. Number of full-time HE students in 1974–75 66,136 Number of full-time HE students in 1979–80 70,008 Change in number of full-time HE students between 1974–75 and 1979–80 an increase of 6 per cent. Number of full-time HE students in 1980–81 72,152 Number of full-time HE students in 1991–92 108,079 Change in number of full-time HE students between 1980–81 and 1991–92 an increase of 50 per cent. 1 Figures for 1991 and 1979 are not directly comparable, 1980 is the first year for which comparable figures are available.