HC Deb 18 June 2003 vol 407 cc310-1W
Mr. Grogan

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many people from each ward in Selby district received higher education in each year since 1997. [109014]

Alan Johnson

Figures for the number of people who go on to higher education are not collated centrally on a ward or constituency basis. The closest available information, as given in the table, shows the number of students from North Yorkshire local education authority who were enrolled on higher education courses in UK HE institutions.

Students from North Yorkshire Local Education Authority on HE courses1
Academic Year Students
1996–97 16,400
1997–98 16,100
1998–99 18,400
1999–2000 16,100
2000–01 16,500
2001–02 17,000
1 Covers full-time and part-time students on both postgraduate and undergraduate courses. Numbers have been rounded to the nearest hundred.

Source:

Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA)