§ Miss McIntoshTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many students were in higher education on(a) 1 May 2000 and (b) 1 May 2001; and what is the projected figure for 1 May 2002. [24]
§ Margaret HodgeThe available information is given in the following table:
Higher education students1 in England—as at 1 December Thousand Number 1999–20002 1,610 2000–013 1,652 2001–024 1,710 1Full-time and part-time, postgraduate and undergraduate, home and overseas, including the Open University 2Actual 3Provisional 4Projected