§ Mr. BoswellTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what information he has collated on admission to higher education institutions broken down by the nature of the educational establishment previously attended in each of the last five years. [119145]
§ Mr. WicksThe information is given in the table, based on students gaining places on full-time and sandwich undergraduate courses through UCAS. Equivalent data for admissions to part-time undergraduate courses are not available.
UCAS UK-domiciled acceptances to higher education institutions by previous educational establishment Year of entry1 Accepted applicants 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 Grammar School 16,935 17,048 18,643 18,954 19,285 Sixth Form Centre 3,574 3,800 2,720 2,732 2,913 Comprehensive 68,322 71,803 77,241 79,584 81,050 Other Secondary School 1,243 1,398 1,622 1,729 1,782 Independent School 29,441 30,006 31,342 30,602 30,910 Sixth Form College 23,787 25,182 29,978 29,548 29,829 Other FE/HE 72,466 68,871 81,809 75,561 73,019 Other 9,092 10,073 9,066 7,639 7,480 Not known 40,676 40,108 50,897 51,871 56,797 Total 265,536 268,289 303,318 298,220 303,065 1 Figures for 1997 and later years include students applying for Art and Design courses which were included in the UCAS scheme for the first time in 1997.