asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what was the total number of available (a) university and (b) polytechnic places in 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82 and 1982–83.
The number of places available at universities and polytechnics is not available as there are no fixed targets for student entry. The following information relates to the number of first year full-time and sandwich students.
Pupils aged 3 and 4 years in maintained nursery schools and nursery classes in maintained primary schools in January 1980, 1981 and 1982 | ||||||
Age of pupils (at previous 31 August) | ||||||
3 years | 4 years* | |||||
1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | |
Nursery schools | ||||||
Full-time pupils | 8,639 | 8,260 | 8,282 | 3,985 | 3,964 | 3,515 |
Part-time pupils | 22,837 | 22,679 | 23,764 | 5,134 | 5,237 | 4,951 |
Full-time equivalent† | 20,058 | 19,600 | 20,164 | 6,552 | 6,583 | 5,991 |
Nursery classes in primary schools | ||||||
Full-time pupils | 19,397 | 19,702 | ‡19,999 | 11,534 | 11,273 | ‡10,540 |
Full-time and sandwich first year students in Universities and Polytechnics
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1978–79
| 1979–80
| 1980–81
| 1981–82
| |
Universities in Great Britain (including post-graduates) | 112,790 | 113,102 | 113,745 | 111,693 |
Polytechnics in England and Wales | 53,366 | 54,257 | 55,995 | 64,970 |
Statistics for 1982–83 are not yet available.
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish the total Government expenditure on (a) university and (b) polytechnic education in constant prices for 1974 to the present day.
Net recurrent and capital expenditure on universities via the University Grants Committee and on other institutions of university status from 1974–75 to 1981–82 and net recurrent and capital expenditure by local education authorities on polytechnics for 1974–75 to 1980–81, the last year for which information is available, are as follows at constant November 1979 prices.
£ million November 1979 prices or equivalent | ||
Universities Great Britain | Polytechnics England and Wales | |
1974–75 | 1,001 | 316 |
1075–76 | 1,042 | 354 |
1076–77 | 1,019 | 360 |
1977–78 | 838 | 331 |
1978–79 | 864 | 328 |
1979–80 | 827 | 327 |
1980–81 | 864 | 309 |
1981–82 | 812 | — |
Note:
The apparent drop in expenditure in 1977–78 was largely counterbalanced by a substantial increase in income as a consequence of an increase in real terms in tuition lees for home students.