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Written question asked by Lord Sacks (Crossbench), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Lord Henley (Conservative) on Wednesday, 22 December 2010.

Universities: Deferred Places

Question
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many students accepted deferred-entry places at United Kingdom universities in each of the last five years.
Answer

The information is in the table below and is provided by the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS).

Accepted applicants to full-time undergraduate courses via UCAS at UK institutions and accepted applicants choosing to defer their course entry 2006 — 2010
Year of entry Accepted Of which deferring entry by a year or more
2006 390,890 28,533
2007 413,430 28,863
2008 456,627 33,171
2009 481,854 34,094
2010 (provisional) 479,057 32,983

"Source: UCAS""The data on accepted applicants in 2010 presented is for the provisional end of year 2010 captured on 13 October 2010. Final end-of-year data will be available from 20 January 2011. At the same stage in the 2009 cycle, 477,277 applicants had been accepted and 33,666 deferred entry by a year or more. The figures represent applicants from all domiciles to UK institutions." "The data on accepted applicants in 2010 presented is for the provisional end of year 2010 captured on 13 October 2010. Final end-of-year data will be available from 20 January 2011. At the same stage in the 2009 cycle, 477,277 applicants had been accepted and 33,666 deferred entry by a year or more. The figures represent applicants from all domiciles to UK institutions."

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
5179; 723 c357WA
Session
2010-12
Subjects
Admissions Applications Higher education Universities
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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