§ Mr. VazTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what information he has on the numbers of people who applied for higher education, by higher educational establishment, for each of the last five years.
UCCA Applicants1 Year of entry 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 Home domicile 157,085 152,588 152,520 156,981 171,802 Overseas domicile 19,468 21,191 23,726 26,633 24,285 Total 176,553 173,779 176,246 183,614 196,087 PCAS applicants2 Year of entry 1985 1986 1987 19883 19894 Home domicile 130,230 130,329 134,811 159,522 Overseas domicile n/a 8,647 9,578 11,329 10,157 Total — 138,877 139,907 146,140 169,679 Sources
UCCA—UCCA Annual Reports.
PCAS—1986–88: PCAS Annual Reports.
1989: Statistical Supplement to 1988–89 Report.
1Candidates applying for admission to UK universities (excluding the Open University and the University of Buckingham) through UCCA for full-time undergraduate first degree or first diploma courses.
2The PCAS admissions scheme started with entry for 1986 and covered 30 polytechnics in England and Wales offering full-time and sandwich first degree and Dip. HE courses.
3 For 1988 entry, institutional coverage extended to include eight of the larger colleges of higher education in England.
4 For 1989 entry, the scheme was extended to cover entry to full-time HND courses.