§ Mr. ChaytorTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will make it his policy to require Oxford and Cambridge universities to provide his Department with the information they collect in respect of 123W admissions to constituent colleges categorised by previous educational establishment for each of the last five years; and if he will publish this information. [156670]
§ Mr. Wicks[holding answer 2 April 2001]Cambridge and Oxford University have published information on admissions for entry in 2000 from both the maintained and independent sector, disaggregated by college. The
Cambridge University-Entry 2000: Undergraduate applications and acceptances Percentage Applications from maintained sector Acceptances from maintained sector College Entry 2000 Entry 1999 Entry 2000 Entry 1999 Christ's 55 55 37 49 Churchill 75 78 68 76 Clare 56 56 55 46 Corpus Christi 49 49 39 39 Downing 51 51 41 46 Emmanuel 61 56 54 42 Fitzwilliam 71 73 66 67 Girton 61 65 61 58 Gonville and Caius 48 46 48 39 Jesus 57 53 54 49 King's 84 86 77 79 Madalene 42 46 36 50 New Hall 59 62 58 59 Newnham 58 60 49 51 Pembroke 55 58 50 53 Peterhouse 52 53 43 40 Queen's 60 61 55 57 Robinson 65 62 56 58 Selwyn 58 50 49 41 Signey Sussex 55 48 45 43 St. Catherine's 58 58 52 63 St. John's 52 58 45 55 Trinity 56 53 48 43 Trinity Hall 55 56 47 46 All standard colleges 59 59 52 53 Mature student colleges (Hughs Hall, Lucy Cavendish, St. Edmunds and Wolfson) 86 89 87 83 124W
Oxford University Entry 2000: Undergraduate Offers Undergraduate Percentage to those from the state sector Percentage to those from the independent sector Balliol 56.1 43.9 Brasenose 44.2 55.8 Christ Church 47.2 52.8 Corpus Christi 55.6 44.4 Exeter 59.8 40.2 Harris Manchester1 100 0 Hertford 61.3 38.7 Jesus 56.5 43.5 Keble 65.3 34.7 Lady Margaret Hall 47.3 52.7 Lincoln 46.4 53.6 Magdalene 46.2 53.8 Mansfield 74.6 25.4 Merton 61.4 38.6 New 47.6 52.4 Oriel 40.4 59.6 Pembroke 44.9 55.1 Queen's 53.3 46.7 Somerville 59.6 40.4 St. Anne's 60.7 39.3 St. Catherine's 55.9 44.1 St. Edmund Hall 42.2 57.8 St. Hilda's 53.0 47.0 St. Hugh's 49.6 50.4 St. John's 69.9 30.1 relevant extracts are in the tables. These data are not collected centrally and the universities themselves are responsible for its accuracy. The data have not been collected in the same way for each of the last five years.
We welcome the publication of this information, and the steps taken by both universities to widen participation. We encourage them to continue this valuable work.
Oxford University Entry 2000: Undergraduate Offers Undergraduate Percentage those from the state sector Percentage of those from the independent sector St. Peter's 51.3 48.7 Trinity 44.4 55.6 University 48.0 52.0 Wadham 66.2 33.8 Worcester 46.8 53.2 Total 53.6 46.4 1 Harris Manchester only admits students aged over 25