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Mr. Whitehead
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the projected total number of students in (a) polytechnics and (b) other institutions of higher education for 1982–83; and how this compares with 1981–82 and 1980–81, respectively.
Mr. Waldegrave
For the maintained sector of higher education in England the numbers of home full-time equivalent students in polytechnics and other maintained establishments are projected as follows:
| thousands | |||
| 1980–81 (actual) | 1981–82 (estimated) | 1982–83 (projected) | |
| Polytechnics | 122 | 130 | 130 |
| Other maintained establishments | 69 | 75 | 75 |