HC Deb 20 May 2004 vol 421 cc1151-2W
Mr. Amess

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many undergraduate dentists started university degrees in each year since 2001, broken down by university. [157357]

Alan Johnson: The available information is given in the table.

Intakes to English dental schools. 2001/02 to 2003/04
Academic Year
University Dental Schools 2001/02 2002/03 2003041
Birmingham 73 77 76
Bristol 55 58 60
King's College London 150 168 151
Leeds 61 65 59
Liverpool 57 56 66
Manchester 79 87 90
Newcastle 70 70 72

Intakes to English dental schools. 2001/02 to 2003/04
Academic Year
University Dental Schools 2001/02 2002/03 2003041
QMW (Barts & The Lordon) 68 61 78
Sheffield 59 69 72
Total England 672 711 724
1 Provisional until November 2004 when a finalised figure will be declared.
Source:
Higher Education Funding Council for England.

Figures do not include intakes to Scottish, Welsh or Northern Irish Dental schools, which are the responsibility of the devolved administrations, although students from these institutions will be eligible to work in England.

Ms Dari Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many children in Stockton South were taught in classes of more than 30 on the latest date for which figures are available. [171478]

Mr. Miliband

Tables giving the requested class size information for all parliamentary constituencies have been placed in the House of Commons Library. Final figures for 2003 and the latest provisional figures for 2004 have been provided. Further details on the 2004 provisional figures on class sizes by local education authority can be found on http://www.dfes.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000457/index.shtml