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Dept for Education and Skills

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Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) which local education authority in Greater London had the highest number of school leavers attending university in each year since 1996; and what percentage this represented of the (a) total number of school leavers and (b) total number of school leavers in that local education authority; [177182] (2) which local education authority in Greater London had the highest number of people attending university in each year since 1996; [177183] (3) how many people attended university from (a) Greater London and (b) each local education authority in Greater London in each year since 1997; and what percentage this represents of the number of school leavers. [177184] Alan Johnson: The available information is taken from the Universities and Colleges Admissions service (UCAS) and covers 18-year-old applicants accepted through UCAS to full-time first degree and HND courses. Figures are given in the tables. Table 1: English domiciled applicants accepted for entry to HE through UCAS _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year of entry LEA 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Barking 292 481 497 517 517 592 714 724 Barnet 2,325 2,653 2,643 2,643 2,727 2,809 2,870 2,768 Bexley 801 897 926 817 961 990 1,032 1,091 Brent 2,027 2,288 2,176 2,387 2,444 2,415 2,479 2,387 Bromley 1,446 1,696 1,688 1,638 1,714 1,807 1,849 1,794 Camden 1,383 1,296 1,167 1,139 1,252 1,266 1,218 1,254 City of London 44 25 38 72 59 104 128 223 Croydon 1,869 1,969 1,903 2,011 2,224 2,200 2,194 2,331 Ealing 1,823 2,161 2,130 2,337 2,378 2,476 2,600 2,433 Enfield 1,605 1,805 1,687 1,780 1,768 1,884 1,981 1,959 Greenwich 945 1,019 989 1,021 1,049 1,233 1,129 1,373 Hackney 867 1,249 1,174 1,229 1,246 1,386 1,374 1,321 Hammersmith and Fulham 870 963 849 876 886 967 970 977 Haringey 1,300 1,565 1,550 1,535 1,541 1,546 1,549 1,636 Harrow 1,709 1,875 1,841 1,999 2,025 2,131 2,173 2,234 Havering 747 836 796 844 859 914 832 855 Hillingdon 1,049 1,192 1,231 1,219 1,315 1,389 1,538 1,548 Hounslow 1,291 1,415 1,429 1,424 1,635 1,560 1,610 1,635 Islington 662 976 961 973 1,063 1,053 1,028 1,087 Kensington and Chelsea 922 1,041 925 960 958 980 983 910 Kingston Upon Thames 876 938 948 945 996 1,113 1,191 1,162 Lambeth 1,387 1,577 1,511 1,591 1,628 1,794 1,836 1,808 Lewisham 1,096 1,370 1,291 1,295 1,428 1,511 1,545 1,614 Merton 1,158 1,144 1,048 1,157 1,149 1,201 1,241 1,260 Newham 1,235 1,625 1,689 1,948 1,938 2,191 2,127 2,194 Redbridge 1,581 1,708 1,705 1,731 1,931 2,061 2,187 2,169 Richmond Upon Thames 1,035 1,237 1,306 1,216 1,170 1,278 1,207 1,268 Southwark 1,165 1,375 1,394 1,501 1,476 1,607 1,758 1,779 Sutton 855 935 914 907 957 1,024 1,096 1,053 Tower Hamlets 768 810 865 949 1,085 1,158 1199 1,201 Waltham Forest 1,031 1,322 1,295 1,322 1,379 1,473 1,527 1,555 Wandsworth 988 1,550 1,484 1,509 1,474 1,559 1,544 1,568 Westminster 783 1,110 1,082 1,029 1,033 1,082 1,157 1,025 Total Greater London1 37,935 44,103 43,132 44,521 46,265 48,754 49,866 50,196 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Figures exclude those domiciles of unknown LEA Source: Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) Table 2: Percentage of 18-year-olds accepted for entry to HE through UCAS _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year of entry LEA 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Barking 6.1 10.2 9.8 9.4 10.3 11.4 13.6 12.9 Barnet 30.1 32.1 30.5 28.7 30.1 31.9 32.3 30.4 Bexley 18.3 17.3 18.8 15.9 18.1 18.3 20.3 19.8 Brent 23.2 26.5 25.6 28.4 29.2 30.7 34.2 29.9 Bromley 26.5 27.0 27.5 27.4 28.7 31.3 33.0 29.3 Camden 24.5 18.8 16.9 18.5 19.6 18.6 20.3 20.2 City of London1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Croydon 23.2 22.3 22.4 22.6 24.8 25.2 24.8 25.3 Ealing 21.8 23.8 23.4 26.3 26.5 27.7 29.4 27.7 Enfield 23.5 24.9 24.1 25.7 26.8 28.4 30.9 30.2 Greenwich 13.0 13.1 11.8 13.0 12.6 14.5 14.3 16.4 Hackney 8.1 11.2 10.4 11.3 12.0 14.0 12.2 12.9 Hammersmith and Fulham 21.4 18.0 17.1 18.8 17.7 20.4 19.6 21.0 Haringey 15.9 17.6 17.5 18.3 19.2 18.0 20.4 21.7 Harrow 32.3 32.4 33.2 34.1 34.3 38.2 39.4 41.5 Havering 16.5 16.2 15.0 16.9 17.3 19.0 15.5 16.8 Hillingdon 19.8 20.2 22.0 21.4 22.1 23.5 27.0 25.3 Hounslow 21.5 22.6 23.4 21.5 25.5 25.6 27.4 27.2 Islington 9.5 12.3 13.5 12.7 16.1 16.3 16.1 15.0 Kensington and Chelsea 26.0 22.1 18.8 18.7 18.9 19.2 19.9 17.5 Kingston Upon Thames 27.5 27.8 27.5 26.1 28.6 31.5 32.6 30.0 Lambeth 12.8 13.4 13.3 12.9 14.7 15.7 17.0 16.3 Lewisham 14.5 16.3 14.2 13.7 16.1 15.6 16.7 18.6 Merton 23.6 22.4 22.1 24.2 22.9 22.9 26.4 25.0 Newham 11.6 14.8 15.4 16.9 18.1 20.1 19.2 20.1 Redbridge 25.8 27.3 27.6 27.1 31.0 31.9 34.9 34.7 Richmond Upon Thames 31.8 31.9 31.1 29.5 29.6 32.4 30.3 30.7 Southwark 10.3 12.6 11.2 14.1 13.5 14.8 15.7 18.3 Sutton 24.7 25.1 26.0 24.6 26.6 27.7 30.6 29.4 Tower Hamlets 10.6 9.8 10.8 11.5 13.3 14.6 14.6 14.8 Waltham Forest 14.4 18.7 17.4 18.5 20.1 21.0 21.6 22.8 Wandsworth 15.7 20.8 18.8 21.0 21.7 23.9 23.6 23.4 Westminster 13.9 17.0 16.7 16.2 14.3 16.2 17.0 14.5 Total Greater London 19.6 20.7 20.3 20.6 21.8 23.0 23.9 23.6 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 The effect of year-on-year fluctuations on a small population mean this method of calculating participation rates is unreliable for the City of London.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

423 c1224-6W; 177182;177183;177184

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Admissions Greater London Higher education Local education authorities Students School leaving

Contains statistics

Yes

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