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Royal Marine Officers (Correspondence)

Volume 109: debated on Tuesday 27 January 1987

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asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will initiate an inquiry into the recent public

Universities United Kingdom 1986
Candidates with subject of first preference as shown1Accepted candidates for subject shownAcceptance rate (per cent.)
(1)(2)(2)÷(1)
Computer Sciences4,0201,90047
Electrical/electronic engineering4,0082,38459
Mechanical engineering3,6752,24661
Production engineering55931055
1 Including candidates who fail to achieve entry requirements.
The total numbers of applications and estimated numbers of candidates for full-time and sandwich first degree courses at polytechnics in England and Wales in
Polytechnics England and Wales 1986
Total Applications for the subjects shown1Estimated number of candidates for the subjects shown1 2Numbers of students enrolling (provisional)3Estimated Acceptance Rate (per cent.)

(3)÷(2)2
(1)(2)(3)(4)
Computer Sciences15,3844,4001,80041
Electrical/electronic engineering8,4362,4001,90079
Mechanical engineering12,0993,45090026
Production engineering1,53445020044
1 Including candidates who fail to achieve entry requirements.
2 Estimated on assumption that overall average number of applications per candidate (3·5) also holds for each subject.
3 Estimated from provisional counts of student enrolments.

disclosure of a letter between the honorary Captain General and the Commandant General of the Royal Marines concerning a former Royal Marine officer.