HC Deb 29 July 1998 vol 317 c249W
Mr. Fearn

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many full-time students in higher education are currently enrolled on design-related courses; and how many there were(a) five and (b) 10 years ago. [52291]

Mr. Mudie

The available information is given in the table:

Full-time students1 on courses of design studies
Thousand
Academic year Number
1987–88 18.6
1992–93 31.8
1997–982 44.7
1 In former UFC establishments in the GB, and former polytechnics, HEIs and FEIs in England
2 Provisional