§ Mr. FlookTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what estimate he has made of the number of A-level students who took a year off study before beginning a university course in each year since 1990. [152003]
§ Alan JohnsonThe available information comes from the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) and covers deferred entry for 18-year-old, full-time, accepted applicants to first degree and HND study in the UK. Figures are in the table. Students who defer their application to UCAS because they are taking a gap year are therefore excluded.
UK domiciled 18-year-old applicants, accepted through UCAS
with deferred entry
Year of application
Total accepted applicants
Total accepted on deferred
basis
Percentage deferred
1994/95 118,890 9,120 7.7 1995/96 124,908 10,495 8.4 1996/97 130,768 11,879 9.1 1997/98 146,756 13,345 9.1 1998/99 148,301 14,261 9.6 1999/2000 146,670 14,975 10.2 Percentage of accepted applicants, aged 18, through UCAS
Year of Entry LEA 11994 11995 11996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 North East Lincolnshire — — — 15.3 14.7 15.3 15.2 16.0 14.5 North Lincolnshire — — — 20.2 18.8 17.9 21.3 18.2 18.6 Humberside 15.1 16.5 16.8 — — — — — — 1Prior to 1997, North East Lincolnshire and North Lincolnshire were contained within Humberside LEA along with the City of Kingston upon Hull and East Riding of Yorkshire.