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Dept for Education and Employment

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Ms Kelly: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what the social class breakdown was, in each year since 1990, of students who (a) applied for and (b) were successful in obtaining places on, degree courses at British universities in (i) law, (ii) medicine, (iii) engineering, (iv) nursing, (v) BEd teaching, (vi) accountancy, (vii) veterinary studies and (viii) psychology. [142047] Mr. Wicks: Information for the years 1990 to 1994 is not available centrally. The available information for the years 1995 to 1999 is shown in the following tables. Applicants{ 1} and accepted applicants through UCAS to full-time and sandwich first-degree courses in the United Kingdom by social class and subject _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Social class Professiona Intermediat Skilled Skilled Partly Unskilled Not known Grand total l e manual non-manual skilled Year of entry 1995 Applicants{ 1} Pre-clinical medicine 3,489 3,665 879 845 554 125 490 10,047 Nursing 594 1,948 1,066 560 526 136 560 5,390 Psychology 3,726 11,205 4,806 3,444 2,303 658 2,991 29,133 Veterinary science 348 647 136 124 62 7 57 1,381 Engineering{2} 4,254 9,544 4,907 2,809 2,242 467 2,580 26,803 Law 2,919 7,598 3,062 2,259 1,462 480 2,039 19,819 Accountancy 1,171 3,978 2,216 1,510 1,064 328 1,192 11,459 Education{3} 4,199 16,010 9,306 5,338 3,811 1,002 3,840 43,506 Accepted applicants Pre-clinical medicine 1,720 1,571 280 341 167 29 127 4,235 Nursing 225 596 290 171 126 31 146 1,585 Psychology 1,015 2,671 1,055 782 502 136 673 6,834 Veterinary science 145 248 27 42 10 2 8 482 Engineering{2} 2,430 5,034 2,411 1,432 1,115 240 1,399 14,061 Law 1,541 3,570 1,272 965 592 166 793 8,899 Accountancy 424 1,381 731 538 354 108 390 3,926 Education{3} 1,285 4,605 2,442 1,513 952 214 1,014 12,025 Year of entry 1996 Applicants{ 1} Pre-clinical medicine 3,493 3,750 885 867 480 110 445 10,030 Nursing 568 1,934 981 544 521 112 582 5,242 Psychology 3,498 10,728 4,672 3,333 2,272 577 2,948 28,028 Veterinary science 377 687 134 114 53 3 43 1,411 Engineering{2} 3,874 8,558 4,257 2,498 2,068 424 2,433 24,112 Law 2,769 7,027 2,886 2,223 1,392 467 2,025 18,789 Accountancy 1,180 3,612 1,957 1,381 891 294 1,068 10,383 Education{3} 3,871 14,707 7,903 4,994 3,417 799 3,602 39,293 Accepted applicants Pre-clinical medicine 1,781 1,718 305 351 154 24 138 4,471 Nursing 253 747 311 168 160 39 157 1,835 Psychology 1,074 3,063 1,142 869 587 122 777 7,634 Veterinary science 162 240 36 33 15 1 7 494 Engineering{2} 2,307 4,834 2,255 1,342 1,065 235 1,378 13,416 Law 1,619 3,730 1,348 1,080 661 220 950 9,608 Accountancy 457 1,397 754 555 325 119 423 4,030 Education{3} 1,316 4,693 2,270 1,568 965 187 1,015 12,014 Year of entry 1997 Applicants{ 1} Pre-clinical medicine 3,349 3,664 801 831 488 112 710 9,955 Nursing 496 2,408 886 619 662 118 649 5,838 Psychology 3,179 10,728 4,206 3,505 2,432 617 2,883 27,550 Veterinary science 362 711 157 124 62 10 85 1,511 Engineering{2} 3,678 8,616 4,061 2,481 1,995 434 2,746 24,011 Law 2,622 7,458 2,835 2,412 1,472 451 2,143 19,393 Accountancy 1,086 3,790 1,912 1,524 890 269 1,226 10,697 Education{3} 1,917 8,524 4,835 3,444 2,563 508 2,453 24,244 Accepted applicants Pre-clinical medicine 1,818 1,698 294 348 187 36 196 4,577 Nursing 238 993 295 234 194 35 210 2,199 Psychology 1,082 3,332 1,136 1,125 714 147 888 8,424 Veterinary science 125 210 44 35 14 0 20 448 Engineering{2} 2,243 4,852 2,139 1,325 1,080 223 1,593 13,455 Law 1,626 4,160 1,449 1,250 722 215 1,049 10,471 Accountancy 438 1,492 751 631 355 108 554 4,329 Education{3} 610 2,580 1,245 993 723 111 656 6,918 Year of entry 1998 Applicants{ 1} Pre-clinical medicine 3,317 3,570 810 805 463 98 701 9,764 Nursing 415 2,271 856 620 674 116 827 5,779 Psychology 2,980 9,888 4,013 3,289 2,161 527 2,886 25,744 Veterinary science 378 743 141 104 68 10 110 1,554 Engineering{2} 3,447 8,317 3,946 2,331 1,995 363 2,678 23,077 Law 2,490 7,336 2,826 2,430 1,455 435 2,366 19,338 Accountancy 1,080 3,788 1,913 1,461 947 303 1,377 10,869 Education{3} 1,674 7,697 4,209 2,930 2,218 416 2,223 21,367 Accepted applicants Pre-clinical medicine 1,876 1,743 325 353 170 25 191 4,683 Nursing 201 966 282 204 209 23 245 2,130 Psychology 1,086 3,217 1,149 1,080 614 124 874 8,144 Veterinary science 164 282 24 26 13 5 31 545 Engineering{2} 2,216 4,709 2,055 1,248 1,092 179 1,457 12,956 Law 1,512 4,160 1,412 1,318 744 193 1,192 10,531 Accountancy 449 1,458 710 648 371 114 597 4,347 Education{3} 617 2,562 1,241 936 643 105 609 6,713 Year of entry 1999 Applicants{ 1} Pre-clinical medicine 2,984 3,178 731 779 406 77 877 9,032 Nursing 478 2,483 918 746 803 146 999 6,573 Psychology 2,872 9,626 3,733 3,335 2,104 492 2,690 24,852 Veterinary science 392 767 164 134 92 11 142 1,702 Engineering{2} 3,527 8,261 3,877 2,325 1,945 404 2,681 23,020 Law 2,585 7,362 2,914 2,351 1,479 420 2,456 19,567 Accountancy 1,047 3,641 1,871 1,545 861 254 1,362 10,581 Education{3} 1,495 6,806 3,785 2,718 2,049 404 2,198 19,455 Accepted applicants Pre-clinical medicine 1,875 1,756 336 399 182 19 304 4,871 Nursing 246 1,075 323 290 288 34 415 2,671 Psychology 1,088 3,364 1,083 1,058 673 142 893 8,301 Veterinary science 167 247 46 37 19 2 45 563 Engineering{2} 2,161 4,548 1,920 1,247 1,034 203 1,449 12,562 Law 1,620 4,192 1,467 1,259 754 189 1,289 10,770 Accountancy 413 1,439 740 671 343 84 549 4,239 Education{3} 541 2,428 1,284 984 776 128 756 6,897 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Since 1996 each student has been able to make up to six applications; in 1995 each student could make up to eight applications. In the tables, applicants are counted once under each subject to which they applied. {2} Includes general, civil, mechanical, aeronautical, electrical, electronic, production/manufacturing and chemical engineering courses. {3} Includes courses within the Education Group that lead to Qualified Teacher Status. Includes Physical Education in 1995 and 1996 but not in subsequent years. Since 1997 Physical Education has only been available in combination with other subjects, and combined courses are not included in the table.

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Written question

Reference

360 c390-4W;360 c390-3W; 142047

Session

2000-01

Subjects

Accountancy Law Engineering Nurses Medicine Universities Teachers Students Student numbers Psychology Veterinary medicine Social class

Contains statistics

Yes

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