HC Deb 11 March 2004 vol 418 cc1730-1W
Mr. Mahmood

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what proportion of(a) applicants and (b) entrants to each university in England were from (i) further education colleges, (ii) sixth-form colleges, (iii) school sixth-forms and (iv) independent schools in(a) 2001 and(b) 2002. [143642]

Alan Johnson

The information is not held centrally. The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) collects data on the previous school type of applicants and acceptances to full-time undergraduate courses but does not release this data at institutional level without the prior permission of the institutions.

However, the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) publishes data annually showing the proportion of entrants to each university and HE college who come from state schools or colleges. This is contained in "Performance Indicators in Higher Education", the latest edition of which is available from the House Library.