§ Mr. DalyellTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will make a statement of the number of students studying physics, indicating those studying(a) radioactivity and (b) nuclear physics. [68999]
§ Mr. MudieThe number of students studying physics in UK higher education institutions in 1997–98, the latest year for which data are available, is shown in the following table:
Physics students 1 in UK higher education institutions 1997–98 Level Full-time Part-time Total Postgraduate 2,543 1,452 3,995 Undergraduate 9,731 256 9,987 Total 12,274 1,708 13,982 1 Enrolments on HE courses as at 1 December 1997 It is not possible to separately identify those studying radioactivity or nuclear physics.