HC Deb 10 January 2002 vol 377 cc954-5W
Mr. Dalyell

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will make a statement on the trends in the numbers of students domiciled in(a) Scotland who attend English universities and (b) England who attend Scottish universities, in the last five years. [23844]

Margaret Hodge

In the five years to 2000–01 the number of full-time Scottish undergraduate students in England rose from 5,277 to 5,834 while numbers of full-time English undergraduates in Scotland fell from 16,336 to 14,723. However, UCAS entry figures for 2001–02 suggest these trends have changed with decline of full-time Scottish students in England of about three per cent. and an increase in full-time English students in Scotland of about five per cent.