§ Mr. FraserTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what estimate he has made of the number of people who will graduate from United Kingdom universities and places of higher education in 1998. [44696]
§ Dr. HowellsOur latest published forecasts of the annual numbers of new first-degree graduates were reproduced in Chart 3.1, Report 7 of 'Higher Education in the Learning Society' produced by The National Committee of Inquiry into Higher Education in July 1997. The Department produces forecasts of graduates from British institutions only.
701WIt is estimated that around 230,000 home domiciled students will graduate from British higher education institutions in academic year 1997–98.