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Mr. Cyril D. Townsend
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 shown1 | Accepted candidates for subject shown | Acceptance rate (per cent.) | |
(1) | (2) | (2)÷(1) | |
Computer Sciences | 4,020 | 1,900 | 47 |
Electrical/electronic engineering | 4,008 | 2,384 | 59 |
Mechanical engineering | 3,675 | 2,246 | 61 |
Production engineering | 559 | 310 | 55 |
1 Including candidates who fail to achieve entry requirements. |
Polytechnics England and Wales 1986 | ||||
Total Applications for the subjects shown1 | Estimated number of candidates for the subjects shown1 2 | Numbers of students enrolling (provisional)3 | Estimated Acceptance Rate (per cent.) (3)÷(2)2 | |
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | |
Computer Sciences | 15,384 | 4,400 | 1,800 | 41 |
Electrical/electronic engineering | 8,436 | 2,400 | 1,900 | 79 |
Mechanical engineering | 12,099 | 3,450 | 900 | 26 |
Production engineering | 1,534 | 450 | 200 | 44 |
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.
Mr. Younger
I can confirm that such an inquiry has been instituted.