asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) what proportion of polytechnics' total income was made up by income from student fees in each year from 1970 to date;(2) what proportion of universities' total income was made up by income from student fees in each year from 1961 to date.

Approximate figures are as follows:

	Universities, Great Britain (academic year) percentage	Polytechnics, England and Wales (financial year) percentage
1961–62	10·7	—
1962–63	11·7	—
1963–64	10·4	—
1964–65	9·4	—
1965–66	8·8	—
1966–67	8·5	—
1967–68	8·9	—
1968–69	9·1	—
1969–70	8·8	8·7
1970–71	8·0	8·2
1971–72	7·4	7·7
1972–73	6·5	7·3
1973–74	5·9	7·6
1974–75	5·4	6·0
1975–76	7·5 (estimate)	7·7
1976–77	7·8 (estimate)	(not yet available)

"Total income" has been taken to mean total recurrent general income, and has been based on the totals of income and expenditure accounts in the sectors after allowing for certain self-balancing items.