§ Mr. Andrew F. Bennettasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what information he has for the Open university, regarding (a) the inquiries for undergraduate study by region (b) the applicants for undergraduate study by region (c) the offers made to applicants for undergraduate study by region and (d) the initial registration for Undergraduate study by region, for each year since 1978–79.
§ Mr. WaldenThe following information is on the basis of the university's academic (calendar) year.
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(a) The Open university does not record inquiries on a regional basis. The total number of inquiries each year was as follows: Number 1978 85,335 1979 81,783 1980 93,399 1981 84,051 1982 102,045 1983 100,597 1984 98,639 1985 110,029 1986 149,017 1 Information prior to 1981 is not readily available. Total offers made in this period were:
- 1978–28,787
- 1979–28,425
- 1980–27,459
(d) Initial registrations for undergraduate study by region were 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 London 3,078 2,938 2,721 2,792 3,507 3,439 2,634 2,427 2,543 South 1,707 1,768 1,685 1,895 2,356 2,333 1,864 1,622 1,744 South West 1,336 1,308 1,257 1,404 1,713 1,735 1,504 1,281 1,372 West Midlands 1,822 1,976 1,738 1,590 2,102 1,890 1,902 1,696 1,809 East Midlands 1,323 1,314 1,147 1,282 1,573 1,678 1,439 1,232 1,235 East Anglia 1,880 1,926 1,797 1,898 2,371 2,451 2,063 1,797 1,818 Yorkshire 1,500 1,537 1,389 1,423 1,665 1,859 1,556 1,486 1,596 North West 2,214 2,279 2,139 2,093 2,646 2,840 2,383 2,091 2,196 North 1,158 1,122 992 1,009 1,173 1,178 1,094 992 1,024 Wales 944 939 841 890 1,036 912 993 805 871 Scotland 1,890 1,867 1,777 2,015 2,584 2,549 1,970 1,958 1,938 Northern Ireland 604 565 504 504 625 723 598 533 506 South East 1,544 1,601 1,461 1,537 1,960 2,026 1,699 1,446 1,495 Total 21,000 21,140 19,448 20,332 25,311 25,613 21,699 19,366 20,147