§ Mr. WebbTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list the principal activities of his Department and its agencies which provide business for(a) Crown post offices and (b) other post offices; if he will assess whether the level of business generated in each case is likely to increase or decrease over the next five years; and which new areas of business for post offices are likely to be developed by his Department and its agencies over the same period. [99550]
§ Mr. WillsThe Department uses post offices on an occasional basis only, for the delivery of specific public messages. This can take the form of displaying leaflets for the public to select or be issued by counter staff, to putting out rolling messages through television or digital displays inside main posts offices.
The frequency of using post offices for communicating with the public in this way is dependent on both the content of the message and on the target audience. It is not clear therefore whether this type of activity will increase or decrease over the next five years. What is likely, in terms of communications generally, is a gradual decrease in paper communications such as leaflets and a corresponding increase in digital/electronic forms of communication.
We do not provide any other business for post offices and this is unlikely to change in the future. We do however have significant business with Royal Mail and Parcelforce who provide the bulk of our mail collection and delivery service.
UK domiciled applicants and acceptances to full-time and sandwich undergraduate courses in the UK of which: Year of entry1 Total accepted applicants Total applicant Men (number) Women (number) Men (percentage) Women (percentage) 1990 via UCCA 99,377 193,704 97,412 96,292 50 50 1990 via PCAS 77,539 184,771 95,059 89,712 51 49 1991 via UCCA 106,717 207,324 101,632 105,692 49 51 1991 via PCAS 94,465 214,320 109,562 104,758 51 49 1992 via UCCA 117,976 241,660 116,901 124,759 48 52 1992 via PCAS 125,590 286,420 141,451 144,969 49 51 1993 via UCCA 127,476 263,341 127,627 135,714 48 52 1993 via PCAS 130,596 304,716 151,171 153,545 50 50 1994 251,292 365,323 179,449 185,874 49 51 1995 265,536 369,701 179,602 190,099 49 51 1996 268,289 364,885 175,479 189,406 48 52 1997 303,318 398,327 190,040 208,287 48 52 1998 298,220 389,588 184,069 205,519 47 53 1999 303,065 388,691 182,405 206,286 47 53 1 In the years up to 1993 some students applied to both UCCA and PCAS. From 1994 onwards all applications are through UCAS. From 1997 onwards the figures include students applying for Art and Design courses which were included in the UCAS scheme for the first time in this year. Via UCCA
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Of which, those from ethnic minorities2 Year of entry/1 Total accepted applicants to full-time and sandwich undergraduate course with known ethnicity Total applicants to full-time and sandwich undergraduate courses with known ethnicity Number Percentage 1990 via UCCA 96,946 188,281 19,750 10 1990 via PCAS 64,482 166,650 23,993 14 1991 via UCCA 104,075 201,780 21,548 11