HC Deb 08 January 2001 vol 360 cc388-93W
Ms Kelly

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list for each year since 1990 the(a) number and (b) percentage of applicants who attended maintained schools, for degree courses at British universities in (i) law, (ii) medicine, (iii) engineering, (iv) nursing, (v) BEd teaching, (vi) accountancy, (vii) veterinary studies and (viii) psychology. [142046]

Mr. Wicks

Information for the years 1990 to 1994 is not available centrally. The available information is shown in the following table.

Numbers and percentages of applicants1 through UCAS to full-time and sandwich first degree courses in the United Kingdom by previous school type and subject of study
Year of entry
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Numbers
Maintained schools2
Pre-clinical Medicine 3,610 3,511 3,654 3,657 3,406
Nursing 1,537 1,547 1,574 1,693 1,796
Psychology 8,859 9,159 9,183 9,206 9,367
Veterinary studies 579 581 637 629 757
Engineering3 10,268 9,504 9,426 9,639 9,897
Law 6,603 6,439 6,598 7,053 7,482
Accountancy 4,570 4,347 4,574 4,688 4,741
Education4 15,787 14,553 9.138 8,326 7,441

Numbers and percentages of applicants1 through UCAS to full-time and sandwich first degree courses in the United Kingdom by previous school type and subject of study
Year of entry
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Independent schools
Pre-clinical Medicine 2,808 2,906 2,919 2,852 2,635
Nursing 218 220 198 176 190
Psychology 2,224 2,186 2,139 2,027 2,000
Veterinary studies 344 348 355 366 380
Engineering3 2,954 2,713 2,727 2,565 2,526
Law 2,168 1,979 2,086 2,002 2,005
Accountancy 775 758 777 823 805
Education4 1,993 1,856 857 795 644
Other establishment5
Pre-clinical Medicine 2,369 2,348 2,181 1,887 1,561
Nursing 2,755 2,650 2,818 2,579 2,689
Psychology 14,343 13,464 13,075 11,346 10,241
Veterinary studies 286 339 313 327 336
Engineering3 10,376 9,095 8,685 7,864 7,616
Law 8,261 7,883 8,137 7,614 7,332
Accountancy 4,763 4,219 4,088 3,972 3,714
Education4 19,858 17,957 10,737 8,803 7,838
Percentages6
Maintained schools2
Pre-clinical Medicine 41.1 40.1 41.7 43.6 44.8
Nursing 34.1 35.0 34.3 38.1 38.4
Psychology 34.8 36.9 37.6 40.8 43.3
Veterinary studies 47.9 45.8 48.8 47.6 51.4
Engineering3 43.5 44.6 45.2 48.0 49.4
Law 38.8 39.5 39.2 42.3 44.5
Accountancy 45.2 46.6 48.5 49.4 51.2
Education4 41.9 42.3 44.1 46.5 46.7
Independent schools
Pre-clinical Medicine 32.0 33.2 33.3 34.0 34.7
Nursing 4.8 5.0 4.3 4.0 4.1
Psychology 8.7 8.8 8.8 9.0 9.3
Veterinary studies 28.5 27.4 27.2 27.7 25.8
Engineering3 12.5 12.7 13.1 12.8 12.6
Law 12.7 12.1 12.4 12.0 11.9
Accountancy 7.7 8.1 8.2 8.7 8.7
Education4 5.3 5.4 4.1 4.4 4.0

Applicants1 and accepted applicants through UCAS to full-time and sandwich first-degree courses in the United Kingdom by social class and subject
Social class
Professional Intermediate Skilled manual Skilled non-manual Partly skilled Unskilled Not known Grand total
Year of entry 1995
Applicants1
Pre-clinical medicine 3,489 3,665 879 845 554 125 490 10,047
Nursing 594 1,948 1,066 560 526 136 560 5,390
Psychology 3,726 11,205 4,806 3,444 2,303 658 2,991 29,133
Veterinary science 348 647 136 124 62 7 57 1,381
Engineering2 4,254 9,544 4,907 2,809 2,242 467 2,580 26,803
Law 2,919 7,598 3,062 2,259 1,462 480 2,039 19,819
Accountancy 1,171 3,978 2,216 1,510 1,064 328 1,192 11,459
Education3 4,199 16,010 9,306 5,338 3,811 1,002 3,840 43,506
Accepted applicants
Pre-clinical medicine 1,720 1,571 280 341 167 29 127 4,235
Nursing 225 596 290 171 126 31 146 1,585
Psychology 1,015 2,671 1,055 782 502 136 673 6,834
Veterinary science 145 248 27 42 10 2 8 482
Engineering2 2,430 5,034 2,411 1,432 1,115 240 1,399 14,061
Law 1,541 3,570 1,272 965 592 166 793 8,899
Accountancy 424 1,381 731 538 354 108 390 3,926
Education3 1,285 4,605 2,442 1,513 952 214 1,014 12,025

Numbers and percentages of applicants1 through UCAS to full-time and sandwich first degree courses in the United Kingdom by previous school type and subject of study
Year of entry
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Other establishment5
Pre-clinical Medicine 27.0 26.8 24.9 22.5 20.5
Nursing 61.1 60.0 61.4 58.0 57.5
Psychology 56.4 54.3 53.6 50.3 47.4
Veterinary studies 23.7 26.7 24.0 24.7 22.8
Engineering3 44.0 42.7 41.7 39.2 38.0
Law 48.5 48.4 48.4 45.7 43.6
Accountancy 47.1 45.2 43.3 41.9 40.1
Education4 52.8 52.3 51.8 49.1 49.2
1Since 1996 each student has been able to make up to six applications; in 1995 each student could make up to eight applications. In the tables, applicants are counted once under each subject to which they applied.
2Defined as sixth form centres, Comprehensive schools, Grammar schools and other secondary schools.
3Includes general, civil, mechanical, aeronautical, electrical, electronic, production/manufacturing and chemical engineering courses.
4Includes courses within the Education Group that lead to Qualified Teacher Status. Includes Physical Education courses in 1995 and 1996 but not in subsequent years. Since 1997 Physical Education has been available only in combination with other subjects, and combined courses are not included in the table.
5Includes Further and Higher Education
6The percentage of applicants excluding those with unknown previous school type.

Ms Kelly

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what the social class breakdown was, in each year since 1990, of students who(a) applied for and (b) were successful in obtaining places on, degree courses at British universities in (i) law, (ii) medicine, (iii) engineering, (iv) nursing, (v) BEd teaching, (vi) accountancy, (vii) veterinary studies and (viii) psychology. [142047]

Mr. Wicks

Information for the years 1990 to 1994 is not available centrally. The available information for the years 1995 to 1999 is shown in the following tables.

Applicants1 and accepted applicants through UCAS to full-time and sandwich first-degree courses in the United Kingdom by social class and subject
Social class
Professional Intermediate Skilled manual Skilled non-manual Partly skilled Unskilled Not known Grand total
Year of entry 1996
Applicants1
Pre-clinical medicine 3,493 3,750 885 867 480 110 445 10,030
Nursing 568 1,934 981 544 521 112 582 5,242
Psychology 3,498 10,728 4,672 3,333 2,272 577 2,948 28,028
Veterinary science 377 687 134 114 53 3 43 1,411
Engineering2 3,874 8,558 4,257 2,498 2,068 424 2,433 24,112
Law 2,769 7,027 2,886 2,223 1,392 467 2,025 18,789
Accountancy 1,180 3,612 1,957 1,381 891 294 1,068 10,383
Education3 3,871 14,707 7,903 4,994 3,417 799 3,602 39,293
Accepted applicants
Pre-clinical medicine 1,781 1,718 305 351 154 24 138 4,471
Nursing 253 747 311 168 160 39 157 1,835
Psychology 1,074 3,063 1,142 869 587 122 777 7,634
Veterinary science 162 240 36 33 15 1 7 494
Engineering2 2,307 4,834 2,255 1,342 1,065 235 1,378 13,416
Law 1,619 3,730 1,348 1,080 661 220 950 9,608
Accountancy 457 1,397 754 555 325 119 423 4,030
Education3 1,316 4,693 2,270 1,568 965 187 1,015 12,014
Year of entry 1997
Applicants1
Pre-clinical medicine 3,349 3,664 801 831 488 112 710 9,955
Nursing 496 2,408 886 619 662 118 649 5,838
Psychology 3,179 10,728 4,206 3,505 2,432 617 2,883 27,550
Veterinary science 362 711 157 124 62 10 85 1,511
Engineering2 3,678 8,616 4,061 2,481 1,995 434 2,746 24,011
Law 2,622 7,458 2,835 2,412 1,472 451 2,143 19,393
Accountancy 1,086 3,790 1,912 1,524 890 269 1,226 10,697
Education3 1,917 8,524 4,835 3,444 2,563 508 2,453 24,244
Accepted applicants
Pre-clinical medicine 1,818 1,698 294 348 187 36 196 4,577
Nursing 238 993 295 234 194 35 210 2,199
Psychology 1,082 3,332 1,136 1,125 714 147 888 8,424
Veterinary science 125 210 44 35 14 0 20 448
Engineering2 2,243 4,852 2,139 1,325 1,080 223 1,593 13,455
Law 1,626 4,160 1,449 1,250 722 215 1,049 10,471
Accountancy 438 1,492 751 631 355 108 554 4,329
Education3 610 2,580 1,245 993 723 111 656 6,918
Year of entry 1998
Applicants1
Pre-clinical medicine 3,317 3,570 810 805 463 98 701 9,764
Nursing 415 2,271 856 620 674 116 827 5,779
Psychology 2,980 9,888 4,013 3,289 2,161 527 2,886 25,744
Veterinary science 378 743 141 104 68 10 110 1,554
Engineering2 3,447 8,317 3,946 2,331 1,995 363 2,678 23,077
Law 2,490 7,336 2,826 2,430 1,455 435 2,366 19,338
Accountancy 1,080 3,788 1,913 1,461 947 303 1,377 10,869
Education3 1,674 7,697 4,209 2,930 2,218 416 2,223 21,367
Accepted applicants
Pre-clinical medicine 1,876 1,743 325 353 170 25 191 4,683
Nursing 201 966 282 204 209 23 245 2,130
Psychology 1,086 3,217 1,149 1,080 614 124 874 8,144
Veterinary science 164 282 24 26 13 5 31 545
Engineering2 2,216 4,709 2,055 1,248 1,092 179 1,457 12,956
Law 1,512 4,160 1,412 1,318 744 193 1,192 10,531
Accountancy 449 1,458 710 648 371 114 597 4,347
Education3 617 2,562 1,241 936 643 105 609 6,713
Year of entry 1999
Applicants1
Pre-clinical medicine 2,984 3,178 731 779 406 77 877 9,032
Nursing 478 2,483 918 746 803 146 999 6,573
Psychology 2,872 9,626 3,733 3,335 2,104 492 2,690 24,852
Veterinary science 392 767 164 134 92 11 142 1,702
Engineering2 3,527 8,261 3,877 2,325 1,945 404 2,681 23,020
Law 2,585 7,362 2,914 2,351 1,479 420 2,456 19,567
Accountancy 1,047 3,641 1,871 1,545 861 254 1,362 10,581
Education3 1,495 6,806 3,785 2,718 2,049 404 2,198 19,455

Applicants1 and accepted applicants through UCAS to full-time and sandwich first-degree courses in the United Kingdom by social class and subject
Social class
Professional Intermediate Skilled manual Skilled non-manual Partly skilled Unskilled Not known Grand total
Accepted applicants
Pre-clinical medicine 1,875 1,756 336 399 182 19 304 4,871
Nursing 246 1,075 323 290 288 34 415 2,671
Psychology 1,088 3,364 1,083 1,058 673 142 893 8,301
Veterinary science 167 247 46 37 19 2 45 563
Engineering2 2,161 4,548 1,920 1,247 1,034 203 1,449 12,562
Law 1,620 4,192 1,467 1,259 754 189 1,289 10,770
Accountancy 413 1,439 740 671 343 84 549 4,239
Education3 541 2,428 1,284 984 776 128 756 6,897
1Since 1996 each student has been able to make up to six applications; in 1995 each student could make up to eight applications. In the tables, applicants are counted once under each subject to which they applied.
2Includes general, civil, mechanical, aeronautical, electrical, electronic, production/manufacturing and chemical engineering courses.
3Includes courses within the Education Group that lead to Qualified Teacher Status. Includes Physical Education in 1995 and 1996 but not in subsequent years. Since 1997 Physical Education has only been available in combination with other subjects, and combined courses are not included in the table.