HC Deb 06 July 1998 vol 315 cc400-1W
Mr. Love

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list the numbers and percentage of undergraduates accepted in each of the last 10 years by(a) Oxford and Cambridge universities, (b) other universities and (c) those universities previously incorporated as polytechnics from (1) independent schools, (2) grammar schools, (3) church schools, (4) grant maintained schools, (5) local authority schools and (6) other institutions. [48465]

Dr. Howells

The available information is in the following table, covering UK applicants accepted onto full time first degree, HND and DipHE courses through the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) for 1994 to 1997. Prior to 1994 there were two application systems, the Universities Central Council on Admissions (UCCA) and the Polytechnics Central Admissions System (PCAS), and the required information is not available. Such information as was published by UCCA and PCAS appears in their annual reports, available in the Library.

Numbers and percentages of UK domiciled UCAS applicants accepted onto full time first degree, HND and DipHE courses by university groups and previous educational establishment 1994 to 1997
Year or entry
1994 1995 1996 1997
Previous educational establishment Number Percentage Number Percentage Number Percentage Number Percentage
Other former UFC funded universities
Independent 19,572 15 19,883 15 20,810 15 21,756 15
Maintained1
Grammar 11,111 9 11,899 9 12,125 9 13,422 9
Sixth Form Centre 1,807 1 1,925 1 1,973 1 1,472 1
Comprehensive 38,605 30 39,651 30 41,988 31 44,597 31
Other 515 0 617 0 709 1 743 1
Other2 57,286 44 59,156 44 59,367 43 63,747 44
Total 128,896 100 133,131 100 136,972 100 145,737 100
Former polytechnics
Independent 5,020 6 5,093 6 4,857 6 5,151 5
Maintained1
Grammar 2,936 4 3,031 4 2,946 3 3,234 3
Sixth Form Centre 1,132 1 1,169 1 1,266 1 852 1
Comprehensive 1,8004 22 18,698 22 19,698 22 21,724 21
Other 315 0 371 0 436 0 521 1
Other2 54,575 67 57,915 67 58,597 67 70,769 69
Total 81,982 100 86,277 100 87,800 100 102,251 100
1Includes both grant-maintained and local authority schools
2Includes further education institutes and not known
3Church schools cannot be separately identified