§ Mr. RendelTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many university applications there were in England, broken down by(a) local authority area and (b) local government ward in the last year for which figures are available. [47759]
§ Margaret Hodge[holding answer 10 April 2002]: The latest available information from the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS), showing the number of English domiciled applicants to full-time and sandwich undergraduate courses by their area of permanent residence, is shown in the table. UCAS does not hold data on applicants from each local government ward.
657WThrough the Excellence Challenge, which began in 2001, we are hoping to raise the aspirations and attainment among young people in Excellence in Cities areas and Education Action Zones, to encourage them to enter higher education.
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Home Domiciled Applicants to UCAS for entry into HE Courses (Degree & HND combined): and having an Area of Permanent Residence in England 2001 Year of Entry By Area of Permanent Residence (Local Education Authority) Applicants Area of Permanent Residence Year 2001 Barking 794 Barnet 3,486 Barnsley 1,023 Bath & NE Somerset 1,318 Bedfordshire 2,498 Bexley 1,211 Birmingham 6,945 Blackburn with Darwen 990 Blackpool 759 Bolton 1,661 Bournemouth 1,109 Bracknell Forest 692 Bradford 3,438 Brent 3,132 Brighton & Hove 1,567 Bristol 2,552 Bromley 2,126 Buckinghamshire 3,770 Bury 1,249 Calderdale 1,262 Cambridgeshire 3,592 Camden 1,717 Cheshire 4,882 City of Derby 1,448 City of London 126 Cornwall 3,354 Coventry 1,927 Croydon 2,758 Cumbria 2,735 Darlington 583 Derbyshire 4,045 Devon 4,607 Doncaster 1,398 Dorset 2,500 Dudley 1,659 Durham 2,605 Ealing 3,116 East Riding 1,934 East Sussex 3,141 Enfield 2,439 Essex 7,311 Gateshead 978 Gloucestershire 4,036 Greenwich 1,576 Hackney 1,846 Halton 662 Hammersmith & Fulham 1,287 Hampshire 8,038 Haringey 2,080 Harrow 2,548 Hartlepool 518 Havering 1,125 Herefordshire 1,156 Hertfordshire 7,537 Hillingdon 1,739 Hounslow 2,002 Hull 1,125 Isle of Wight 705 Isles of Scilly 13 Islington 1,411 Kensington & Chelsea 1,328 Kent 8,133 659W
Home Domiciled Applicants to UCAS for entry into HE Courses (Degree & HND combined): and having an Area of Permanent Residence in England 2001 Year of Entry By Area of Permanent Residence (Local Education Authority) Applicants Area of Permanent Residence Year 2001 Kingston 1,337 Kirklees 2,681 Knowsley 770 Lambeth 2,430 Lancashire 8,091 Leeds 4,290 Leicester 2,510 Leicestershire 4,130 Lewisham 2,019 Lincolnshire 3,777 Liverpool 2,738 Luton 1,325 Manchester 2,709 Merton 1,519 Middlesbrough 1,048 Milton Keynes 1,271 N Lincolnshire 850 N Somerset 1,201 NE Lincolnshire 822 Newcastle upon Tyne 1,967 Newham 2,880 Norfolk 4,068 North Tyneside 1,120 North Yorkshire 4,014 Northamptonshire 4,000 Northumberland 1,910 Nottingham 1,477 Nottinghamshire 4,154 Oldham 1,363 Oxfordshire 4,506 Peterborough 960 Plymouth 1,437 Poole 775 Portsmouth 953 Readinq 1,033 Redbridge 2,505 Redcar & Cleveland 828 Richmond 1,529 Rochdale 1,316 Rochester & Gillingham 1,382 Rotherham 1,237 Rutland 289 S Gloucestershire 1,292 Salford 954 Sandwell 1,563 Sefton 2,260 Sheffield 2,753 Shropshire 2,057 Slough 947 Solihull 1,555 Somerset 3,309 South Tyneside 786 Southampton 1,200 Southend on Sea 881 Southwark 2,196 St Helens 1,056 Staffordshire 5,269 Stockport 1,997 Stockton On Tees 1,309 Stoke-on-Trent 1,210 Suffolk 3,841 Sunderland 1,449 Surrey 8,182 Sutton 1,233 Swindon 875 Tameside 980 The Wrekin 882 Thurrock 437 Torbay 714
Home Domiciled Applicants to UCAS for entry into HE Courses (Degree & HND combined): and having an Area of Permanent Residence in England 2001 Year of Entry By Area of Permanent Residence (Local Education Authority) Applicants Area of Permanent Residence Year 2001 Tower Hamlets 1,589 Trafford 1,523 Wakefield 1,535 Walsall 1,428 Waltham Forest 1,935 Wandsworth 1,973 Warrington 1,053 Warwickshire 3,452 West Berkshire 1,008 West Sussex 4,814 Westminster 1,463 Wigan 1,490 Wiltshire 3,076 Windsor & Maidenhead 1,058 Wirral 2,214 Wokingham 1,295 Wolverhampton 1,743 Worcestershire 3,613 York 1,335 UK not known 273 Grand Total 329,580