§ Lord Quirkasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many undergraduate places at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge in the year 2001 were awarded to pupils from each of the following institutions:
- (a) comprehensive schools;
- (b) sixth form colleges;
- (c) independent schools;
- (d) grammar schools; and
- (e) further education colleges; and [HL4609]
How many undergraduate places in the year 2001 in the Russell Group of universities as a whole were awarded to pupils from each of the following institutions:
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- (a) comprehensive schools;
- (b) sixth form colleges;
- (c) independent schools;
- (d) grammar schools; and
- (e) further education colleges. [HL4610]
§ Baroness Ashton of UphollandThe available information, which covers applicants accepted through the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) to full-time and sandwich undergraduate courses, is given in the table.
Applicants(1) accepted via UCAS for entry in autumn 2001 Previous educational establishment Oxford and Cambridge Russell Group(2) Comprehensive schools 1,063 16,760 Grammar schools 422 3,169 Independent schools 2,615 15,770 Sixth form colleges 523 7,138 Other maintained schools(3) 1,016 8,857 FE/HE Colleges 191 5,921 Other establishments 16 1,179 Not known 222 5,711 Total 6,068 64,505 (1) Covers applicants domiciled in the UK. (2) The Russell Group consists of the University of Birmingham, University of Bristol, Cambridge University, the University of Edinburgh, University of Glasgow, Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine, King's College London, University of Leeds, University of Liverpool, London School of Economics and Political Science, University of Manchester, University of Newcastle, University of Nottingham, Oxford University, University of Sheffield, University of Southampton, University College London. University of Warwick, and University of Cardiff. (3) Includes former grant-maintained schools.