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Written question asked by Richard Taylor (Independent (affiliation)) on Tuesday, 12 January 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 14 January 2010. It was answered by David Lammy (Labour) on Wednesday, 20 January 2010 on behalf of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.

Higher Education: Admissions

Question
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many school and sixth form college leavers went on to universities on average in each year in the period (a) 1981 to 1990, (b) 1991 to 2000 and (c) 2001 to 2009.
Answer

The latest figures from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) are shown in the table. This shows the number of 18-year-old undergraduate entrants, some of whom may not have attended schools or sixth form colleges. Figures are not available prior to 1994/95, and figures for the 2009/10 academic year will be available in January 2011.

UK domiciled 18-year-old undergraduate entrants UK higher education institutions1 academic years 1994/95 to 2008/09
Academic year 18-year-old entrants
1994/95 120,105
1995/96 122,385
1996/97 129,115
1997/98 141,980
1998/99 142,835
1999/2000 140,645
2000/01 140,120
2001/02 147,780
2002/03 152,050
2003/04 154,400
2004/05 156,170
2005/06 171,310
2006/07 169,055
2007/08 169,550
2008/09 178,975
ยน Excludes the Open University due to inconsistencies in their coding of entrants across the time series.
Note:
Figures are based on a snapshot as at 1 December and have been rounded to the nearest five.
Source:
Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA).

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
504 c405W; 311122
Session
2009-10
Subjects
Admissions Higher education
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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