HC Deb 27 May 2004 vol 421 c1821W
17 Mr. Rendel

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many young people applied for deferred entry to university in 2003–04. [176006]

Alan Johnson

Figures from the Universities and Colleges Admissions (UCAS) show that 18,930, or 12 per cent., of 18-year-olds who obtained a place on a full-time undergraduate course in autumn 2003, chose to defer entry.