§ Tim LoughtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the answer of 24 June 2002,Official Report, column 674W, on medical degree places, how many students applied for medical degree courses in each year since 1997. [71159]
§ Margaret Hodge[holding answer 18 July 2002]: The information is shown in the table.
Students applying to pre-clinical medical courses in the UK Year of entry Applicants1 1997 12,076 1998 11,807 1999 10,972 2000 10,226 2001 10,231 1 Home and overseas students applying via the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS). Despite a substantial increase in the number of students studying pre-clinical medicine from 5,020 in 1997 to 5,928 in 2001, the number of applications to places remains just under two to one.