HC Deb 30 January 1990 vol 166 c161W
79. Mr. Teddy Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many applications for university education have been received in 1990; and what were the comparable figures in each of the previous three years.

Mr. Jackson

By 15 December 1989, the Universities Central Council on Admissions had received 195,600 applications from home and overseas students for admission to university in 1990. Comparably incomplete figures for previous years are, for entry in 1989, 176,600; in 1988, 164,800; and in 1987, 156,600.