§ Ms HarmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will list the percentage of applicants to(a) colleges of nursing and (b) medical schools who were offered a place, broken down by ethnic group in 1995. [37096]
§ Mr. Forth[holding answer 12 July 1996]: Data on colleges of nursing are the responsibility of my right 584W hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health. Data on UK domiciled applicants and acceptances to first degree courses in medicine in the UK, autumn 1995 entry, are as follows:
Ethnic group Applicants Accepted applicants Percentage accepted Asian Bangladeshi 156 39 25 Asian Chinese 143 58 41 Asian Indian 1,034 433 42 Asian Pakistani 633 163 26 Asian Other 480 180 38 Black African 230 31 13 Black Caribbean 55 5 9 Black Other 39 7 18 Other ethnic groups 248 92 37 White 5,984 3,174 53 Unknown 190 53 28 Total 9,192 4,235 46