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Mr. Maxton
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what was the number of university places available in England and Wales for each year since 1978.
Sir Keith Joseph
Statistics on available places are not collected. The total number of full-time undergraduates and postgraduates at universities in England and Wales since 1978 has been:
| Number | |
| 1978 | 245,300 |
| 1979 | 249,500 |
| 1980 | 254,200 |
| 1981 | 255,200 |
| 1982 | 250,600 |
| 1983 | 246,900 |
| 1984✶ | 245,000 |
| ✶Provisional | |