§ Mr. BoswellTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what the admission figures were for the last three academic years, and for academic year 2001–02, what the latest application figures are, for higher education institutions, broken down into(a) UK based students, (b) EU and EEA students and (c) other overseas students, indicating in each case the figures for (i) full-time and (ii) part-time students. [151161]
§ Mr. WicksThe available data on the home domicile of students, covering students applying for full-time and sandwich undergraduate courses via the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS), are shown in tables 1 and 2. UCAS does not cover applicants or accepted applicants to part-time courses. The available data, collected by the Higher Education Statistics Agency, on entrants to part-time undergraduate courses are shown in table 3. Information on the numbers of part-time entrants for 2000–01 will be available in April 2001.
Table 1: Accepted applicants to full-time and sandwich undergraduate courses via UCAS institutions in the UK Thousand Academic year of entry Domicile 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 UK 298.2 303.1 308.7 EU 15.9 15.5 14.0 Other overseas 15.7 16.0 17.0 Total 329.8 334.6 339.7
Table 2: Applicants1 to full-time and sandwich undergraduate courses via UCAS institutions in the UK Thousand Academic year of entry Domicile 2000–01 2001–02 UK 292.4 296.4 EU 13.6 11.4 Other overseas 14.4 14.8 Total 320.5 322.6 1 As at 15 December 6W
UCAS UK-domiciled applicants and accepted applicants to Oxford and Cambridge universities by previous educational establishment Oxford Year of entry Cambridge Year of entry 1999 2000 1999 2000 Nos. %1 Nos. %1 Nos. %1 Nos. %1 Applicants Independent 3,401 42 3,202 40 3,509 36 3,526 36 Maintained2 3,177 39 3,176. 40 4,410 45 4,412 45 Other3 1,222 15 1,304 16 1,495 15 1,474 15 Not known 287 4 281 4 411 4 413 4 Total 8,087 100 7,963 100 9,825 100 9,825 100 Accepted applicants Independent 1,421 48 1,343 46 1,301 44 1,306 44 Maintained2 1,106 37 1,130 39 1,258 42 1,232 41 Other3 364 12 392 13 340 11 368 12 Not known 73 2 63 2 86 3 93 3 Total 2,964 100 2,928 100 2,985 100 2,999 100 1 Constituent parts may not sum to totals because of rounding. 2 Includes comprehensives, grammar, former grant maintained schools, sixth form centres, special schools and other secondary schools. 3 Includes FE and HE institutions, Sixth Form Colleges. Adult Colleges and City Technology Colleges.
Table 3: Entrants to part-time undergraduate course in the UK1 Thousand Academic year of entry Domicile 1998–99 1999–2000 UK 266.3 272.8 EU 3.3 2.7 Other overseas 3.4 3.7 Total 273.0 279.3 1 Including all undergraduate courses in HE institutions, FE institutions and the Open University