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To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) how many students have undertaken a six year programme consisting of a foundation year followed by a five year programme of medical studies leading to a degree in medicine in each of the last 20 years; how many...

Asked by

James Clappison (Conservative)

Answering body

Business, Innovation and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

8 October 2013

Reference

169206; 568 cc275-6W

House

House of Commons

Medicine: Education

(2) what the drop-out rate of students commencing a (a) five year and (b) six year course leading to a degree in medicine is; and what the drop-out rate in such courses was in each medical school in the latest year for which figures are available.

Mr Clappison:

Asked by

James Clappison (Conservative)

Answering body

Business, Innovation and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

8 October 2013

Reference

169208; 568 cc275-6W

House

House of Commons

Medicine: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many students entered medical school without any (a) A-level grades and (b) A grades in comparable qualifications in the latest year for which figures are available.

Asked by

James Clappison (Conservative)

Answering body

Business, Innovation and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

8 October 2013

Reference

568 c276W; 169273

House

House of Commons

Students: Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many student loans have been taken out by (a) UK students and (b) EU students in each year since the inception of student loans for tuition fees; how many students have made any repayments on the loans taken...

Asked by

James Clappison (Conservative)

Answering body

Business, Innovation and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

26 February 2013

For answer on

28 February 2013

Answered on

5 March 2013

The information is as follows:

Tuition fee loans

Tuition fee loans became available to students in academic year 2006/07. Tuition fee loans are paid directly to higher education institutions (HEI) on behalf of students by the Student Loans Company (SLC). The following table provides details of the tuition fee loans paid to HEIs on behalf of students domiciled in England to study at HEIs in the UK, and EU domiciled students studying in England.

Table 1: Tuition fee loans paid by domicile of applicant academic years 2006/07 to 2011/12
	Number of tuition fee loans paid (thousand)	Amount paid (£ million)
Academic year	English domiciled students	EU (Outside UK) domiciled students	English domiciled students	EU (Outside UK) domiciled students
2011/12	851.5	31.7	2736.3	103.9
2010/11	797.5	27.9	2464.2	88.5
2009/10	757.0	24.6	2267.8	76.4
2008/09	675.9	21.1	1918.3	62.8
2007/08	537.9	15.6	1344.1	44.5
2006/07	388.7	8.8	784.1	23.7

The statistics are published each year by the Student Loans Company (SLC) in the publication “Student Support for Higher Education in England”. The latest publication is available via the following link and the relevant table is table 4B:

http://www.slc.co.uk/media/525907/slcsfr052012.pdf

Information on the nationality of applicants is not included in Table 1 as it is not held alongside payments information. As an alternative, Table 2 gives the number of EU-domiciled student support applicants who were awarded tuition fee loans according to the nationality they provided during the application process. The award of a loan will not always result in a payment so the totals in Table 2 are larger than in Table 1.

The number of students taking out tuition fee loans and who are domiciled in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland is a matter for the devolved administrations.

Repayments

Information on repayments of income contingent repayment (ICR) loans is published on an annual basis in the Official Statistics Release “Income Contingent repayments by Repayment cohort and tax year 2001/01 to 2010/11 SLC OSP February 2012” at:

http://www.slc.co.uk/media/333186/slcosp022012.pdf

This provides information based on the date borrowers became liable to repay, and cannot be directly compared to the table above. Repayments data include English-domiciled borrowers who are repaying maintenance loans as well as tuition fee loans. Students from the EU can usually apply for tuition fee loans only. Only those EU nationals who have been resident in the UK and islands for three years and also EEA students assessed as migrant workers may be eligible to apply for living cost support.

Table 2: Number of EU domiciled1 full-time student support applicants studying in England awarded tuition fee loan support by nationality2 academic years 2006/07 to 2011/12
	Number of EU domiciled applicants
Nationality of applicant	2006/07	2007/08	2008/09	2009/10	2010/11	2011/12
Austria	90	160	180	200	220	230
Belgium	90	160	210	220	240	240
Bulgaria	3—	340	870	1,580	2,250	2,950
Cyprus	740	2,500	3,410	4,300	4,790	5,400
Czech Republic	170	240	240	230	240	250
Denmark	100	200	250	260	260	260
Estonia	130	290	440	530	550	650
Finland	180	360	440	430	450	450
France	1,060	1,480	1,560	1,510	1,200	1,090
Germany	960	1,680	2,010	2,060	2,010	2,010
Greece	490	1,170	1,400	1,440	1,480	1,710
Hungary	150	280	320	350	340	340
Ireland	620	980	1,180	1,270	1,320	1,240
Italy	230	470	600	720	850	1,010
Latvia	260	550	730	930	1,200	1,280
Lithuania	560	1,060	1,380	1,850	2,460	3,050
Luxembourg	20	30	20	20	3—	3—
Malta	30	60	80	80	70	70
Netherlands	130	240	270	280	270	260
Poland	1,240	2,240	2,510	2,620	2,250	1,940
Portugal	230	460	470	500	470	460
Romania	3—	340	910	1,620	2,570	3,520
Slovakia	210	390	490	550	540	530
Slovenia	20	50	60	60	50	50
Spain	270	460	530	560	560	710
Sweden	180	390	400	380	340	350
United Kingdom	270	740	910	1,000	950	900
Other nationality (outside EU)	160	290	360	400	410	450
Nationality not available4	140	330	540	830	1,040	1,340
Total	8,700	17,920	22,770	26,760	29,370	32,740
1 Applicants are ‘EU domiciled’ if they were ordinarily resident in the EU, EU overseas territories, elsewhere in the EEA or Switzerland for the three years immediately before the first day of the first academic year of your course. 2 Nationality is based on information collected during the application process for student support. 3 Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10 applicants; numbers less than 15 but not zero. 4 Nationality is collected from all student support applicants though some have still to be classified in the management information database and so are “not available”. Note: Figures refer to the position on 31 August at end of each year academic year. Source: Student Loans Company Management Information

Date

5 March 2013

Reference

145514; 559 cc922-6W

House

House of Commons

Topical Questions

In the light of the excellent question from my hon. Friend the Member for Reading East (Mr Wilson), surely it is a matter for universities to decide who to admit on individual merit, not for us to have a central Government control model—a command and control model—that inevitably produces unfair discrimination. We are trying to build a big society, not recreate the Soviet Union, are we not?

Asked by

James Clappison (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Topical questions - Supplementary

Status

Answered

Date

31 March 2011

Reference

526 c516

House

House of Commons

Students: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the effect on the relative propensity of students to apply to universities charging higher level tuition fees of (i) outreach projects and (ii) paying an additional £900 in fees...

Asked by

James Clappison (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

9 March 2011

For answer on

14 March 2011

Answered on

16 March 2011

The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has undertaken its own evaluation of various outreach activities and continues to monitor work done by others. BIS funded substantial monitoring and evaluation of activities which took place as part of the Aimhigher programme. The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) has encouraged institutions to develop their approaches to evaluation, and organisations such as the Sutton Trust have undertaken evaluation of their own outreach activities such as summer schools. Sir Martin Harris's report ““What more can be done to widen access to highly selective institutions?”” (OFFA, April 2010) summarised the difficulties in isolating the effects of outreach activities from other factors influencing higher education participation, but concluded that there was robust evidence on the effectiveness of a range of outreach activities. The report highlighted evidence which showed that"““coordinated, sustained outreach works best””"and that schemes"““targeted at groups of very able students identified as having the potential to succeed in a selective institution, have been shown to significantly improve the likelihood of participants both applying to and entering such institutions.””"It also made particular note of the evidence that university summer schools"““often delivered either in collaboration with Aimhigher or the Sutton Trust””"have been shown to be"““particularly effective in raising the aspirations, and consequently the application and entry rates of their participants to selective institutions.””"In his guidance to institutions, issued this month, the Director of Fair Access has set out his expectation that those institutions charging the highest rates and with the furthest to go in widening participation, fair access and retention, should be doing most to protect access. The guidance includes guideline expenditure on access to help institutions in drawing up their own plans. The guidance also sets out a greater focus on outcomes, including through targeted outreach. The Director of Fair Access requires institutions to submit annual monitoring returns reporting on their expenditure on access measures and their progress against their agreed access targets. Institutions are expected to evaluate the impact of their plans with a view to directing expenditure at those access and retention measures that are most likely to succeed.

Date

16 March 2011

Reference

46669; 525 c439-40W

House

House of Commons

Students: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of the advice given by the Office for Fair Access to universities on the provision of bursaries or other financial assistance to students from lower income families.

Asked by

James Clappison (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

14 March 2011

Reference

46670; 525 c157W

House

House of Commons

Students: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what (a) levels of family income and (b) other criteria will determine whether students are eligible for bursaries or other financial assistance under the plans set out by the Director General of the Office for Fair Access.

Asked by

James Clappison (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

14 March 2011

Reference

46668; 525 c156W

House

House of Commons

University Admission

Westminster Hall adjournment debate on university admission outcomes.

Lead member

James Clappison

Answering member

Lord Willetts

Department

Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Type

Adjournment debates

Date

8 March 2011

Reference

524 c188-96WH

House

House of Commons

Students: Fees and Charges

(2) whether he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated research on the effect of tuition fee increases on university applications from students from middle income families.

Asked by

James Clappison (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

10 February 2011

For answer on

14 February 2011

Answered on

15 February 2011

The Department has commissioned a number of projects which have examined the impact of tuition fees on different groups of students. Reports are available at:"http://www.bis.gov.uk/research"University tuition fees are estimated to have had a negative impact on participation, and enrolment tends to be lower in the presence of tuition fees. An increase in tuition fees tends to cause a decline in participation, particularly among students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds, unless accompanied by an equivalent increase in student support.Recent evidence relating to reforms of tuition fees and student support in the UK found that an increase in tuition fees by £1,000 per annum—holding all other factors constant—would be expected to lead to a 4.4 percentage point decline in participation. In addition, it was found that a £1,000 per annum increase in grants increases participation by 2.1 percentage points while a £1,000 per annum increase in loans is associated with a 3.2 percentage point increase in participation.In relation to the 2006 reforms, some individuals appear to have started university a year earlier than they might otherwise have done so (i.e. in 2005-06 rather than 2006-07) to avoid having to pay the new fees. This pattern of shifting participation was most clearly evident for individuals from higher socio-economic backgrounds, and for those with the highest key stage 5 results. However, there was no evidence that the reforms lead to a sustained fall in HE participation, because tuition fees were accompanied by large increases in loans and grants.The introduction of upfront tuition fees in 1998 had a small negative impact on participation of high income groups.Tuition fees and other education related costs also influence the selection of higher education institutions, behaviour while at university and reduce the probability of completion, especially for students from Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) and lower socioeconomic backgrounds.Studies around attitudes to debt have tended to find that people from lower income groups tend to be more debt averse than those from higher income groups and that debt aversion can influence decisions around HE for lower income groups, though this was mainly about where to study rather than whether to study. The same effect was not found for those from higher income groups.Studies from the US tend to find that the impact of tuition fees is greatest on those from low income groups. Studies from Australia do not find any relationships between debt aversion, socio-economic group and HE participation.

Date

15 February 2011

Reference

40968; 523 c743-4W

House

House of Commons

Students: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) what research he has undertaken on the effects of increases in tuition fees on applications to university from potential students who would not be eligible for the National Scholarship Programme, university bursaries or other financial assistance related to...

Asked by

James Clappison (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

10 February 2011

For answer on

14 February 2011

Answered on

15 February 2011

Date

15 February 2011

Reference

41150; 523 c743-4W

House

House of Commons

Student Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what legal powers are available to the Student Loans Company to obtain repayments of loans in respect of top-up fees from graduates from EU member states working outside the UK; what estimate she has made of the likely total value...

Asked by

James Clappison (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

29 June 2005

Reference

4830; 435 c1633-4W

House

House of Commons

University Students

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what proportion of students admitted to university to read (a) mathematics, (b) sciences and (c) modern foreign languages were from (i) grammar schools, (ii) state schools and (iii) independent schools in each of the last 10 years.

Asked by

James Clappison (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

25 May 2005

For answer on

6 June 2005

Answered on

13 June 2005

The latest available information is shown in the table. Comparable information for the intervening years is not held centrally by the Department. Although the majority of full-time undergraduates apply through UCAS, a small proportion, mostly mature students, apply direct to institutions and will therefore be excluded from the figures in the table, as will part-time students who are also not covered by UCAS application scheme.

Previous school type of accepted applicants to full-time undergraduate courses at UK institutions by subject
	Year of entry
	1994			2004
	Numbers	Percentage	Numbers	Percentage
Mathematical sciences
Grammar	905	6.3	985	5.6
Maintained schools	4,820	33.2	6,920	39.0
Independent	1,135	7.8	1,055	6.0
Other	7,645	52.7	8,760	49.4
Total known	14,505	100.0	17,725	100.0
Unknown	2,645	—	4,440	—
Total	17,150	—	22,165	—

Sciences
Grammar	2,875	8.6	3,005	7.2
Maintained schools	13,060	39.1	19,110	45.9
Independent	4,800	14.4	4,840	11.6
Other	12,650	37.9	14,690	34.8
Total known	33,385	100.0	41,650	100.0
Unknown	4,250	—	7,700	—
Total	37,635	—	49,350	—

Modern Foreign Languages
Grammar	385	10.5	510	10.4
Maintained schools	1,165	32.0	1,970	40.4
Independent	1,005	27.6	1,380	28.3
Other	1,085	29.8	1,015	20.8
Total known	3,635	100.0	4,875	100.0
Unknown	595	—	665	—
Total	4,230	—	5,540	—
Source: Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS). UCAS covers all HE institutions in the UK as well as FE colleges with significant HE provision. Figures have been rounded to the nearest 5.
⁽⁶⁶⁾ Percentages based on those students who recorded their previous school/college. Component percentages may not sum to totals because of rounding.
⁽⁶⁷⁾ Includes mathematics, statistics, and computer science/studies.
⁽⁶⁸⁾ Includes former grant maintained schools.
⁽⁶⁹⁾ Includes students from FE sector institutions.
⁽⁷⁰⁾ Includes biological, veterinary and physical sciences, and combined sciences.
⁽⁷¹⁾ Includes European and non-European modern languages.

Date

13 June 2005

Reference

435 c231-2W; 1740

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what representations she has received regarding intimidation experienced by Jewish students at the School of Oriential and African Studies; and if she will make a statement.

Asked by

James Clappison (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

7 April 2005

Reference

432 c1589W;432 c1585W; 224928

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much support will be available to students in the form of fee remission and university bursaries in the case of joint family incomes of (a) less than £15,970, (b) between £15,970 and £22,270, (b) between £22,270 and £33,533 and...

Asked by

James Clappison (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

23 March 2005

For answer on

6 April 2005

Answered on

6 April 2005

Mr. Clappison: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much support will be available to students in the form of fee remission and university bursaries in the case of joint family incomes of (a) less than £15,970, (b) between £15,970 and £22,270, (b) between £22,270 and £33,533 and (d) more than £33,533 for each English university in (i) 2005-06 and (ii) 2006-07; and what these figures are net of tuition fees. [224077] Dr. Howells: The thresholds for the HE grant and tuition fee grant for 2005-06, for English and Welsh domiciled students, are as follows. Students where there is a contribution from a parent or spouse/partner _________________________________________________________________________________________________. £ Household income Fee grant HE grant £15,580 or less 1,175 1,000 £15,581 to £21,565 1,175 partial £21,566 to £32,744 partial none £32,745 or more none none _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Independent students with no spouse or partner _________________________________________________________________________________________________. £ Household income Fee grant HE grant £10,250 or less 1,175 1,000 £10,251 to15,580 partial 1,000 £15,581 to 20,984 partial partial £20,985 to 21,565 none partial £21,566 or more none none _________________________________________________________________________________________________. In 2006-07 there will be no fee remission grant for new English domiciled students; fee support will be in the form of non-means-tested loans rather than grants. Students with household income below about £33,000 will also be eligible for a new non-repayable grant of up to £2,700 a year. The exact thresholds and tapers for this grant will be confirmed in the summer but the indicative thresholds for the grant are as follows. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Household income Grant entitlement £16,000 or less full £2,700 £16,001 to £33,000 Partial £33,001 or more none _________________________________________________________________________________________________. In addition, individual universities may offer support; and details of the level of bursary support available to students eligible for full state support were provided in answer to Peter Bradley's question (No.223409) on 22 March 2005. Further details of the bursaries offered by individual institutions are available in their access agreements, visible on the OFFA website; in all, such support is calculated at around £300 million.

Date

6 April 2005

Reference

432 c1524-5W;432 c1520-1W; 224077

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 22nd March, Official Report, columns 690-2W, on medical schools, how many of the undergraduates (a) were aged under 21 years at the time of admission, (b) had three Cs or less at A level and...

Asked by

James Clappison (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

23 March 2005

For answer on

6 April 2005

Answered on

6 April 2005

Mr. Clappison: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to the answer of 22 March 2005, Official Report, columns 690-92W, on medical schools, how many of the undergraduates (a) were aged under 21 years at the time of admission, (b) had three Cs or less at A level and (c) had three Ds at A level. [224231] Dr. Howells: The tables provide information on the numbers of undergraduate entrants to pre-clinical medicine courses within the UK, who were (a) aged under 21 years at the time of admission (a subset of the table provided in my previous answer), (b) had three Cs or less at A level and (c) had three Ds at A level. UK domiciled undergraduate entrants, aged under 21 years to pre-clinical medicine with less than 3 C's (or equivalent 1,2at A level _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Institution 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 Imperial College of -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Science, Technology and Medicine King's College London -- 5 -- -- -- 5 10 Queen Mary and Westfield -- -- 5 -- -- 5 5 College Queen's University of -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Belfast St. George's Hospital -- 5 -- -- -- -- -- Medical School University College London -- -- -- -- -- -- -- University of Aberdeen 5 10 10 15 5 5 5 University of Birmingham 5 -- -- 5 5 10 -- University of Bristol -- -- -- -- -- -- -- University of Brighton -- -- -- -- -- -- -- University of Cambridge -- -- -- -- -- -- -- University of Dundee -- 10 5 10 25 5 10 University of Durham -- -- -- -- -- -- -- University of East Anglia -- -- -- -- -- -- -- University of Edinburgh 5 -- -- -- -- 5 5 University of Exeter -- -- -- -- -- -- -- (Peninsular Medical School)3 University of Glasgow 15 10 15 10 20 10 10 University of Hull4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- University of Leeds -- -- 5 -- 15 15 10 University of Leicester -- -- -- -- -- -- -- University of Liverpool -- -- 10 5 -- -- -- University of -- -- 5 -- 5 5 -- Newcastle-upon-Tyne University of Nottingham -- 5 -- -- -- -- -- University of Oxford -- -- -- -- -- -- -- University of Plymouth -- -- -- -- -- -- -- (Peninsular Medical School)3 University of Sheffield 5 5 10 5 5 5 5 University of Southampton -- -- 5 -- -- -- -- University of St. Andrews -- -- 15 -- 10 10 10 University of Sussex -- -- -- -- -- -- -- University of Warwick -- -- -- -- -- -- -- University of Warwick -- -- -- -- -- -- -- University of York4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Victoria University of -- -- -- -- -- 5 -- Manchester Total 35 50 75 45 85 95 70 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. `--' signifies 0, 1 or 2. 1 Based upon students obtaining A level qualifications. 2 For years up to and including 2001/02, figures are based upon students with A level qualifications and a points score of between 1 and 17 A level points. For 2002-03 onwards, the figures are based upon the students' tariff score from A level qualifications and includes students with 1 to 239 tariff points. 3 Delivery of the Undergraduate Programme began in autumn 2002. 4 First intake of students accepted in 2003. Note: Figures are rounded to the nearest 5 and are a snapshot as at the 1 December Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) UK domiciled undergraduate entrants, aged under 21 years. to pre-clinical medicine with less than 3 C's (or equivalent1,2 at A level _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Institution 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 Imperial College of 5 -- -- -- -- -- -- Science, Technology and Medicine King's College London -- 10 5 10 10 10 20 Queen Mary and Westfield -- 5 10 -- -- 5 20 College Queen's University of -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Belfast St. George's Hospital -- 5 -- -- -- -- 15 Medical School University College London -- -- -- -- -- 5 5 University of Aberdeen 10 15 10 15 10 10 10 University of Birmingham 5 -- 5 5 5 15 5 University of Bristol -- -- -- -- -- -- -- University of Brighton -- -- -- -- -- -- 5 University of Cambridge -- -- -- -- 5 -- 0 University of Dundee 5 10 5 15 30 5 15 University of Durham -- -- -- -- -- -- 10 University of East Anglia -- -- -- -- -- 5 25 University of Edinburgh 5 -- -- -- -- 5 5 University of Exeter -- -- -- -- -- -- 10 (Peninsular Medical School)3 University of Glasgow 20 10 15 15 20 10 15 University of Hull4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- University of Leeds 5 5 5 5 30 30 30 University of Leicester -- -- -- -- 10 5 30 University of Liverpool 10 5 15 5 -- -- -- University of -- 5 5 5 5 5 -- Newcastle-upon-Tyne University of Nottingham -- 5 -- -- -- 5 15 University of Oxford -- -- -- -- -- -- -- University of Plymouth -- -- -- -- -- -- 15 (Peninsular Medical School)3 University of Sheffield 5 5 10 5 5 5 5 University of Southampton 5 -- -- -- -- 5 -- University of St Andrews 5 5 20 -- 10 10 10 University of Sussex -- -- -- -- -- -- 5 University of Wales, -- 5 5 10 -- -- 0 Cardiff University of Warwick -- -- -- 10 -- -- 35 University of York4 -- -- -- -- -- -- 5 Victoria University of -- 5 -- 5 15 10 5 Manchester Total 90 85 110 105 155 160 325 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. `--' signifies 0, 1 or 2. 1 Based upon students obtaining A level qualifications. 2 For years up to and including 2001-02, figures are based upon students with A level qualifications and a points score of between 1 and 17 A level points. For 2002-03 onwards, the figures are based upon the students' tariff score from A level qualifications and includes students with 1 to 239 tariff points. 3 Delivery of the Undergraduate Programme began in autumn 2002. 4 First intake of students accepted in 2003 Note: Figures are rounded to the nearest 5 and are a snapshot as at the 1 December Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) UK domiciled undergraduate entrants to pre-clinical medicine with 3 D's (or equivalent)1,2 at A level _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Institution 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 Imperial College of -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Science, Technology and Medicine King's College London -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Queen Mary and Westfield -- -- -- -- -- -- -- College Queen's University of -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Belfast St. George's Hospital -- -- -- -- -- -- 5 Medical School University College London -- -- -- -- -- -- -- University of Aberdeen -- -- -- -- -- 5 -- University of Birmingham -- -- -- -- -- -- -- University of Bristol -- -- -- -- -- -- -- University of Brighton -- -- -- -- -- -- 5 University of Cambridge -- -- -- -- -- -- -- University of Dundee -- -- -- 5 5 -- -- University of Durham -- -- -- -- -- -- -- University of East Anglia -- -- -- -- -- -- 5 University of Edinburgh -- -- -- -- -- -- -- University of Exeter -- -- -- -- -- -- -- (Peninsular Medical School)3 University of Glasgow -- 5 -- -- 5 -- -- University of Hull4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- University of Leeds -- -- -- -- -- -- -- University of Leicester -- -- -- -- -- -- -- University of Liverpool -- -- -- -- -- -- -- University of -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Newcastle-upon-Tyne University of Nottingham -- -- -- -- -- -- 5 University of Oxford -- -- -- -- -- -- -- University of Plymouth -- -- -- -- -- -- -- (Peninsular Medical School)3 University of Sheffield -- -- -- -- -- -- -- University of Southampton -- -- -- -- -- -- University of St Andrews -- -- -- -- -- -- University of Sussex -- -- -- -- -- -- -- University of Wales, -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Cardiff University of Warwick -- -- -- -- -- -- 5 University of York4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Victoria University of -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Manchester Total 5 5 5 10 10 10 25 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. `--' signifies 0, 1 or 2. 1 Based upon students obtaining A level qualifications. 2 For years up to and including 2001-02, figures are based upon students with A level qualifications and a points score of 12 A level points. For 2002-03 onwards, the figures are based upon the students' tariff score from A level qualifications and includes students with 180 tariff points. 3 Delivery of the Undergraduate Programme began in autumn 2002 4 First intake of students accepted in 2003. Note: Figures are rounded to the nearest 5 and are a snapshot as at 1 December. Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA)

Date

6 April 2005

Reference

432 c1520-4W;432 c1516-20W; 224231

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will list the university medical schools which have admitted students for training which will lead to qualifications as a doctor with less than the equivalent of three Cs at A level; how many such students have been admitted...

Asked by

James Clappison (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

14 March 2005

For answer on

22 March 2005

Answered on

22 March 2005

Mr. Clappison: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will list the university medical schools which have admitted students for training which will lead to qualifications as a doctor with less than the equivalent of three Cs at A level; how many such students have been admitted in each year since 1997; and which university medical schools plan to admit such students in the future under the auspices of the widening participation scheme. [222596] Dr. Howells: The following table provides information on the numbers of undergraduate entrants to pre-clinical medicine courses within the UK, with less than the equivalent of three Cs at `A' level. The admission and selection of students is a matter for individual institutions. Therefore the decision on whether or not to recruit such students rests with the universities, and they would take such decisions according to the merit and potential of the individual applicants. Although there are currently no Government programmes for widening participation aimed specifically at medicine, Aimhigher, a national outreach programme operating most intensively in disadvantaged areas, enables local partnerships to design and deliver a range of activities to raise the aspiration and attainment levels of young people. Alongside this, Aimhigher runs nine pilot schemes aimed at the health and social care professions to encourage wider participation from a broad range of social and ethnic backgrounds. UK domiciled undergraduate entrants to pre-clinical medicine with less than three Cs (or equivalent) 1,2 at A level _________________________________________________________________________________________________. HESA institution identifier 1997/98 1998/99 1999/2000 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 University of Leicester 3-- 3-- 10 3-- 5 5 25 University of Warwick 3-- 3-- 3-- 5 3-- 3-- 25 University of East Anglia 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- 5 25 Queen Mary and Westfield 3-- 5 5 3-- 3-- 5 15 College University of Glasgow 15 10 15 15 20 10 15 University of Nottingham 3-- 5 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- 15 University of Plymouth 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- 15 (Peninsular Medical School)4 University of Dundee 5 10 5 10 25 5 10 University of Leeds 5 3-- 5 3-- 20 15 10 King's College London 3-- 10 5 5 5 5 10 University of Aberdeen 5 15 10 15 10 10 10 University of St Andrews 3-- 5 15 3-- 10 10 10 St. George's Hospital 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- 10 Medical School University of Exeter 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- 5 (Peninsular Medical School) (3) University of Durham 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- 5 3-- 5 University of Sussex 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- 5 (Brighton and Sussex Medical School) University College London 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- 5 5 University of Edinburgh 5 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- 5 5 University of Brighton 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- 5 Victoria University of 3-- 5 3-- 5 10 10 5 Manchester University of Birmingham 5 3-- 5 5 5 10 3-- University of Sheffield 3-- 3-- 5 5 5 5 3-- University of York5 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- Imperial College of 5 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- Science, Technology & Medicine University of Cambridge 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- University of Oxford 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- University of Bristol 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- University of Hull5 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- Queen's University of 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- Belfast University of Liverpool 5 5 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- University of 3-- 3-- 5 3-- 5 5 3-- Newcastle-upon-Tyne University of Southampton 5 3-- 3-- 3-- 3-- 5 3-- University of Wales, 3-- 3-- 3-- 5 3-- 3-- 3-- Cardiff Total 70 70 90 70 120 120 235 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Based upon students obtaining A level qualifications. 2 For years up to and including 2001/02, figures are based upon students with A level qualifications and a points score of between 1 and 17 A level points. For 2002/03 onwards the figures are based upon the students' tariff score from A level qualifications and includes students with 1 to 239 tariff points. 3 Signifies 0, 1 or 2. 4 Delivery of the Undergraduate Programme began in autumn 2002. 5 First intake of students accepted in 2003. Note: Figures rounded to the nearest 5 and are a snapshot as at 1 December. Source: HESA

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22 March 2005

Reference

432 c690-2W; 222596

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what estimate she has made of the number of university students who would have been entitled to receive the higher education grant in the current academic year; and what estimate she has made of the number who will apply for...

Asked by

James Clappison (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

28 February 2005

Reference

217996; 431 c935-6W;431 c931-2W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many students have been admitted to university to read medicine on courses which lead to registration as doctors with (a) less than three Bs at A level and (b) less than three Cs at A level as a result...

Asked by

James Clappison (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

11 November 2004

For answer on

18 November 2004

Answered on

18 November 2004

Mr. Clappison: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many students have been admitted to university to read medicine on courses which lead to registration as doctors with (a) less than three Bs at A level and (b) less than three Cs at A level as a result of widening participation schemes in each of the last five years. [198255] Dr. Howells: Admission of students to medical, and other, courses is a matter for individual institutions. The main scheme for widening participation is Aimhigher which aims to raise the attainment levels of young people, their aspirations towards university, and improve progression. Most activities are not subject-specific, although some locally arranged activities are designed to raise awareness of and encourage progression to specific subjects such as medicine. Aimhigher does not include the delivery of degree or other higher education programmes. Information on the pre-entry qualifications of students entering first-degree courses in medicine is, however, provided in the following table. Students from England entering first degree courses in medicine _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Of which, those with scores equivalent to: Year of entry All entrants with A levels Less than 3 Bs1 Less than 3 Cs 1998/99 2,920 75 30 1999/00 2,835 135 40 2000/01 3,155 160 30 2001/02 3,420 235 60 2002/03 3,950 205 90 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Including students with less than 3 Cs. Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA). Figures have been rounded to the nearest 5.

Date

18 November 2004

Reference

426 c2139W;426 c2145W; 198255

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many schools are taking part in widening participation schemes for entry to university to read medicine; what estimate he has made of the cost of programmes for widening participation in the study of medicine at university; which universities (a)...

Asked by

James Clappison (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

11 November 2004

For answer on

18 November 2004

Answered on

18 November 2004

Mr. Clappison: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) how many schools are taking part in widening participation schemes for entry to university to read medicine; [198256] (2) what estimate he has made of the cost of programmes for widening participation in the study of medicine at university; [198400] (3) which universities (a) offer and (b) plan to offer extended medical degree programmes or their equivalent for students seeking to study medicine with a view to registration as a doctor under the Government's widening participation schemes; [198401] (4) how many students have been admitted to universities this year to read medicine under widening participation schemes; and what estimate he has made of the number of students who will be admitted in each of the next five years. [198402] Dr. Howells: The Government's aim is that everyone with the potential to benefit from higher education should have an opportunity to do so. The main scheme for widening participation is Aimhigher, a programme jointly funded by the Department for Education and Skills, the Learning and Skills Council and the Higher Education Funding Council for England. Since August 2004, Aimhigher has been a national programme, operating most intensively in disadvantaged areas. Aimhigher aims to raise the attainment levels of young people, their aspirations towards university, and improve progression. Most activities are not subject specific, although some locally arranged activities are designed to raise awareness of and encourage progression to specific subjects such as medicine. The Department does not collect information on the exact nature of locally arranged activities, their cost, or the number of schools involved. Aimhigher does not include the delivery of degree or other higher education programmes. Foundation Years may contribute to the widening participation activities undertaken by universities. Foundation Years in medicine are designed to assist potential students to gain the knowledge and learning skills needed for degree study, including allowing students with good grades in non-science subjects to study the basic science needed to start a medical degree course. Information on the number of students who have entered a degree programme in medicine having completed a foundation year is not available.

Date

18 November 2004

Reference

426 c2140W;426 c2146W; 198256;198400;198401;198402

House

House of Commons

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