HC Deb 17 July 1996 vol 281 cc583-4W
Ms Harman

To 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 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

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