Higher And Further Education

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asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) what is now the 1981 target for full-time and

				Former Colleges of Education	Grant-aided major establishments of further education
		Universities Great Britain			England and Wales
Academic Year		Full-time and Sandwich	Part-time	Full-time	Full-time and Sandwich	Part-time
1970–71	…	228,131	22,538	107,315	274,361	1,485,084
1971–72	…	234,985	22,585	109,449	288,800	1,463,953
1972–73	…	239,366	22,626	110,534	304,135	1,476,806
1973–74	…	244,095	23,290	109,070	304,146	1,483,493
1974–75^*	…	250,565	24,145	103,512	340,218	1,517,514
^* Provisional.

Planning figures for higher education as a whole and for non-advanced further education over the next five years will be published shortly in the White Paper on Public Expenditure. The division between maintained and university institutions will be discussed with those responsible for their planning.

sandwich students in each sector of non-university higher education; and how many places are expected to be lost to the public sector as a result of colleges being integrated with universities;

(2) what percentage of 18 year olds it is now intended will be entering higher education in 1981.

I cannot make an announcement yet about higher education numbers in 1981.On present plans some 4,000 places in colleges of education will be incorporated in universities.

Volume 904: debated on Wednesday 28 January 1976