§ Mr. WillisTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many people applied to study undergraduate degrees in(a) law, (b) medicine, (c) engineering, (d) nursing, (e) education and (f) dentistry at higher education institutions in London in each year since 1992; and if he will make a statement. [136791]
Applicants 1 through UCAS to full time and sandwich first degree courses in Greater London, by selected subjects Year of entry 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Subject Law 10,303 9,747 8,645 8,599 8,834 8,412 8,408 8,246 9,382 Medicine 7,745 7,883 8,053 7,850 7,756 6,959 5,849 5,702 6,135 Engineering '2' 14,643 12,069 10,113 9,986 9,976 9,324 8,884 8,976 11,736 Nursing 1,480 1,825 1,735 2,061 1,738 1,755 2,111 2,232 2,014 Education 13' 13,244 20,502 16,883 11,291 11,291 10,459 8,372 7,771 6,939 4,239 Dentistry 1,394 1,568 1,620 1,655 1,488 1,210 1,078 872 891 1 Since 1996 each student has been able to make up to six applications; prior to this each student could make up to eight applications. In the tables, applicants are counted once under each subject to which they applied. 2 Includes those applying to genera, civil, mechanical, aerospace,electronic, electrical,production, manufacturing, chemical, process and energy engineering and naval architecture. 3 Not all of the subjects within this group are teacher training courses. During the years shown in the table the courses included under in this group have varied: in 1995, Sport science, Leisure studies and Recreation Management were added some of these were re-allocated to other subject group in 1996, and the remainder re-allocated in 1997.