HC Deb 02 March 2004 vol 418 cc907-8W
Mr. Hepburn

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many people attended university from(a) the Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside local education authority and (c) the United Kingdom in each year since 1996. [148448]

Alan Johnson

Figures at constituency level are not held centrally. The available information at local education authority level covers accepted applicants to full time first degree and HND courses through the Universities and College Admissions Service (UCAS).

Accepted applicants of all ages to full-time undergraduate courses via the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) from South Tyneside LEA and England
Year of entry South Tyneside LEA domiciles English domiciles1
1996–97 497 220,891
1997–98 644 251,904
1998–99 618 245,914
1999–2000 596 249,883
2000–01 623 254,472
2001–02 655 269,447
2002–03 665 274,345
1Accepted applicants with unknown English domicile are excluded from the figures.
Source:
Universities and College Admissions Service (UCAS)

Mr. Hepburn

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many school leavers attended university from(a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside local education authority and (c) the United Kingdom in each year since 1996; and what percentage these were of the total number of school leavers in each of these years. [148449]

Alan Johnson

Figures at constituency level are not held centrally. The available information at local education authority level covers accepted applicants to full time first degree and HMD courses through the Universities and College Admissions Service (UCAS).

Number of 18 year olds accepted for entry to full-time undergraduate courses via the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) from South Tyneside LEA and England
South Tyneside LEA domiciles English domiciles1
Year of entry Number of 18 year olds accepted to HE courses Percentage of 18 year olds in LEA Number of 18 year olds accepted to HE courses Percentage of 18 year olds in England
1996 239 13.7 109,646 19.9
1997 318 15.7 123,065 20.5
1998 299 14.8 124,077 20.0
1999 307 15.2 122,607 20.0
2000 330 16.7 123,596 20.6
2001 336 17.2 131,200 21.5
2002 353 17.4 134,727 22.0
1Accepted applicants with unknown English domicile are excluded from the figures.