The bar chart illustrates the total number of university students in the UK and the line graph depicts the amount of money the government spent on per student in pounds, from 1991 to 2001.
Overall, it is evident that the number of attendees at universities increased steadily, while there was a significant reduction in funding per student by the government, during the same period.
In 1991, the number of pupils, there were roughly 1 million students, that was the lowest figure until 2001. The majority of these students, about 62% of the total student population, came from middle-income families. The number of students continued to rise gradually over the following decade and eventually doubled by 1999.
Regarding government spending, the government allocated more than 6500 pounds to every student. Although only 8% of them were from a low-income background and high-income families contributed one-third of the whole students, the highest budget was dedicated to each undergraduate that year. The graph reveals a dramatic decline in government spending until 1996 when funding hit a low of fewer than 5000 pounds and it remained relatively constant by the end of the decade.