§ Mr. JenkinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list the numbers of students applying to universities for admission in 1998, broken down by parliamentary constituency. [20506]
§ Dr. HowellsThe data requested are not available centrally. The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) collects the postcode of applicants, which would enable individual constituencies to be identified, but at present no such analysis has been carried out. It is up to UCAS to decide whether or not to undertake one and to make the results publicly available.