HC Deb 12 July 1994 vol 246 c590W
15. Mr. Garrett

To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many people applied to study full time for a degree or equivalent qualification at an institution of higher education for the academic years 1992–93 and 1993–94; and what are the latest available figures for the coming academic year.

Mr. Boswell

Applicants through central schemes to full-time higher education courses totalled some 395,000 in 1992 and 419,000 in 1993. As at May, applicants for admission in 1994 stood at some 378,000—virtually the same level as at May last year.