asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how far the number of students admitted to the Scottish universities in 1964 and 1965 has fallen behind the estimated number of places required in the Robbins Report; if it is anticipated that the gap between numbers admitted and places required will widen in October 1966; and how these figures for 1964, 1965 and estimates for 1966 compare with the numbers admitted and the estimated requirements according to the Robbins Report for the English universities.

The total number of full-time students at universities in Scotland (including the Heriot Watt College) in 1964, provisional figures for 1965 and Universities' estimates for 1966, compare with the projections of total places required in the Robbins Report as follows:

		Robbins Report Projections
October, 1964	26,200	26,200
October, 1965	28,300	29,300
October, 1966	31,300	31,500

The Robbins Committee did not make separate projections for the universities in England. Corresponding figures for universities in England and Wales (including Colleges of Advanced Technology) are:—

		Robbins Report Projections
October, 1964	127,000	130,100
October, 1965	140,500	143,900
October, 1966	157,700	155,400

It will be noted that the comparison shows an improvement as between 1965 and 1966.