§ Mr. SheermanTo ask the Secretary of State for Education what percentage of current undergraduate university students attend universities within 20 miles of their home.
§ Mr. BoswellInformation is not collected centrally about the distance that students travel to their university or college.
In the academic year 1992–93, 35 per cent.—195,500 —of English domiciled students on higher education undergraduate courses in English institutions were either attending a new university or further education college in the LEA or region in which they were domiciled, or were attending a former Universities Funding Council—funded institution and living in parental, marital or student-owned accommodation.