HC Deb 06 November 2000 vol 356 cc37-8W
Mr. Llwyd

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what percentage of applications made to universities in each of the past five years were made by disabled students. [134900]

Mr. Wicks

The latest available data, covering full-time and sandwich undergraduates applying through the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS), are shown in the following table. Some full-time and all part-time students apply outside UCAS.

UK domiciled applicants to full-time and sandwich undergraduate courses via UCAS
Year of entry Total applicants Of which percentage recording a disability
1995 369,701 4.1
1996 364,885 4.6
1997 398,327 4.6
1998 389,588 4.6
1999 388,691 13.8
2000 2388,986 Not available
1 Because of a change in the guidance for the reporting of this information to UCAS, the figures between 1999 and 1998 are not directly comparable
2 Near final total

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