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To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many under 25s entered higher education in each year since 1990, broken down by socio-economic group; what proportion of the total number of 19 to 25-year-olds this represented in each group in each year; and if she will make...

Asked by

Lynne Jones (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

11 January 2006

For answer on

16 January 2006

Answered on

13 March 2006

Information on the social background of students obtaining places on full-time undergraduate courses in the UK has been published by the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) since 1994, and the figures for under 25-year-olds are shown in the following table. Comparable figures for earlier years are not held centrally. The figures are limited to students who applied to full-time undergraduate courses via UCAS, and they do not therefore cover part-time students nor those full-time students who apply directly to Higher Education Institutions.

UK-domiciled students aged under 25 accepted onto full-time higher education courses via UCAS, broken down by social class
		Year of entry
		1994	1995	1996	1997
	Total accepted students	218,680	230,140	233,640	265,330
	Of which:
I	Professional	34,685	35,770	36,605	38,245
II	Intermediate	90,810	93,075	94,915	106,450
IIIN	Skilled non-manual	25,440	26,010	26,530	30,600
IIIM	Skilled Manual	34,810	36,785	36,095	40,215
IV	Partly skilled	15,845	16,800	17,015	19,785
V	Unskilled	3,790	4,255	4,280	4,940
	Not known	13,300	17,445	18,200	25095

	Percentage from:
I	Professional	16.9	16.8	17.0	15.9
II	Intermediate	44.2	43.8	44.1	44.3
IIIN	Skilled non-manual	12.4	12.2	12.3	12.7
IIIM	Skilled manual	16.9	17.3	16.8	16.7
IV	Partly skilled	7.7	7.9	7.9	8.2
V	Unskilled	1.8	2.0	2.0	2.1

		Year of entry
		1998	1999	2000	2001
	Total accepted students	265,435	271,430	277,435	292,310
	Of which:
I	Professional	37,340	37,855	37,965	38,780
II	Intermediate	106,430	107,170	109,210	112,000
IIIN	Skilled non-manual	30,100	31,180	32,615	33,390
IIIM	Skilled manual	40,330	41,035	40,955	44,735
IV	Partly skilled	19,495	19,920	10,840	19,695
V	Unskilled	4,775	5,000	5,070	5,170
	Not known	26,965	29,270	30,780	38,535

	Percentage from:
I	Professional	15.7	15.6	15.4	15.3
II	Intermediate	44.6	44.3	44.3	44.1
IIIN	Skilled non-manual	12.6	12.9	13.2	13.2
IIIM	Skilled Manual	16.9	16.9	16.6	17.6
IV	Partly skilled	8.2	8.2	8.4	7.8
V	Unskilled	2.0	2.1	2.1	2.0
Source: UCAS.
⁽¹⁴⁾ Percentages are based on students who provided details of their background.

UK-domiciled students aged under 25 accepted onto full-time higher education courses via UCAS, broken down by socio-economic group⁽¹⁵⁾
		Year of entry
		2002	2003	2004	2005
	Total accepted students	297,580	298,900	299,840	323,380
	Of which:
1.	Higher managerial and professional	59,570	57,410	57,780	57,705
2.	Lower managerial and professional	77,605	77,070	78,475	80,525
3.	Intermediate	36,945	35,370	35,750	36,975
4.	Small employers and own account workers	18,950	18,885	18,910	19,570
5.	Lower supervisory and technical	12,215	12,890	12,572	12,980
6.	Semi-routine	29,935	30,350	30,494	33,495
7.	Routine	14,345	13,810	13,934	14,665
8.	Not known	48,025	53,115	51,930	67,510

	Percentage from:
1.	Higher managerial and professional	23.9	23.4	23.3	22.6
2.	Lower managerial and professional	31.1	31.4	31.7	31.5
3.	Intermediate	14.8	14.4	14.4	14.5
4.	Small employers and own account workers	7.6	7.7	7.6	7.6
5.	Lower supervisory and technical	4.9	5.2	5.1	5.1
6.	Semi-routine	12.0	12.3	12.3	13.1
7.	Routine	5.7	5.6	5.6	5.7
Note: Numbers are rounded to the nearest five and percentages are rounded to one decimal place, so components may not sum to totals. Source: UCAS
⁽¹⁵⁾ The socio-economic classification was introduced in 2002/03 to replace the social class categories. The two classifications are not directly comparable.
⁽¹⁶⁾ Percentages are based on students who provided details of their background.

In the past few years, we have seen a steady widening of participation in higher education. Performance indicators published by the Higher Education Statistics Agency show that the proportion of students from non-traditional backgrounds has increased across a range of measures. The proportion from low participation neighbourhoods, for example, rose from 12.1 per cent. to 13.9 per cent. between 1997/98 and 2003/04, the latest year for which figures are available.

Proportion of young (under 21) UK domiciled entrants to full-time first degree courses at UK HEIs
	Proportion of entrants to higher education from:
	State schools	Lower social classes(IIIM, IV, V)	Lower Socio-economic groups (4–7)	Low participation areas
1997/98	81.8	24.9	n/a	12.1
1998/99	85.0	25.1	n/a	12.3
1999/2000	84.9	25.3	n/a	12.4
2000/01	85.7	25.4	n/a	12.5
2001/02	86.0	25.8	n/a	13.1
2002/03	87.2	n/a	28.4	13.3
2003/04	86.8	n/a	28.6	13.9
Source: Performance Indicators in Higher Education, n/a = not available. The socio-economic group classification was introduced in 2002/03 to replace the social class groupings. The two classifications are not directly comparable.

We believe that more people with the potential to benefit from higher education should have the opportunity to do so. Higher education leads to a range of benefits, not only higher earnings but reduced crime, better health, and wider social capital benefits. The new student support arrangements offer a better deal for students from poorer backgrounds. We have reintroduced grants for those from low income households; we have ended up front fees; and we have introduced the Office for Fair Access so that universities have agreements on outreach and funding help that they will offer poorer students. £300 million is being offered in bursaries and other financial support. Alongside this, the Government and its partners support the Aimhigher programme, which enables partnerships of schools, colleges and universities to design and deliver a range of aspiration and attainment raising activities to enable young people from backgrounds currently under-represented in higher education to be able and willing to go on to HE. We are also determined to improve educational attainment so that more people are in a position to benefit from HE. Our proposals in the Schools White Paper, which is now the basis for The Education and Inspections Bill 2006, will help ensure that every young person has the opportunity to reach their potential, including, where appropriate, university education.

Date

13 March 2006

Reference

42773; 443 c1872-4W;443 c1872-4W

House

House of Commons

Higher Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many students who entered higher education in each year since 1996 went to universities that are members of (a) the Russell Group, (b) the 1994 Group and (c) the Coalition of Modern Universities; and what proportion in each category...

Asked by

Lynne Jones (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

12 January 2006

For answer on

16 January 2006

Answered on

7 March 2006

Information on the social background of entrants to higher education is published annually by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) in ““Performance Indicators in Higher Education””. For every higher education institution in the UK, the figures show the numbers and proportions of young, full-time entrants to first degree courses from social classes HIM, IV and V (for 2001/02 and earlier) and socio-economic groups 4, 5, 6 and 7 (from 2002/03). This gives a partial picture due to the exclusion of entrants to other undergraduate courses, part-time and mature students from the figures. The aggregate figures for the various institutional groupings are summarised in the table.

Young entrants to full-time first degree courses 1997/98 to2001/02
Total youngentrants	Russell Group	1994 group	CMU	All HEIs
1997/98	50,205	17,610	57,135	216,210
1998/99	51,610	17,640	57,575	216,130
1999/2000	53,110	18,250	57,215	219,790
2000/01	53,265	19,045	55,670	221,140
2001/02	56,885	20,500	56,360	229,750
of which:
Percentage from social classes HIM, IV, V
1997/98	15.8	16.6	33.3	25.0
1998/99	15.6	17.4	33.2	25.0
1999/2000	16.0	17.2	33.7	25.3
2000/01	16.5	17.7	33.7	25.4
2001/02	16.4	17.5	34.6	25.8
Note: Numbers are rounded to the nearest 5 and percentages are rounded to 1 decimal place. Source: HESA
⁽⁶⁹⁾ The percentages are based on students who provided details of their background, and exclude non-respondents. Social classes HIM, IV and V cover students from skilled manual, semi-skilled and unskilled backgrounds.

Young entrants to full-time first degree courses 2002/03 to2003/04
Total youngentrants	Russell Group	1994 group	CMU	All HEIs
2002/03	58,480	21,890	56,945	239,180
2003/04	61,370	22,355	56,755	241,445
of which:
From socio-economic groups 4–7
2002/03	19.1	19.1	36.7	28.4
2003/04	19.0	20.3	36.7	28.6
Note: Numbers are rounded to the nearest 5 and percentages are rounded to 1 decimal place. Source: HESA
⁽⁷⁰⁾ The percentages are based on students who provided details of their background, and exclude non-respondents. National Statistics socio-economic classifications (NS-SEC) 4–7 cover students from small employers and own account workers, lower supervisory and technical, semi-routine and routine occupational backgrounds.

Date

7 March 2006

Reference

43021; 443 c1436-7W;443 c1436-7W

House

House of Commons

Medical Training to the Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence for what reasons the use of land owned by his Department reduces the cost to his Department of the Medical Training to the Midlands; whether the use of land owned by (a) another Government Department and (b) the private sector would alter...

Asked by

Lynne Jones (Labour)

Answering body

Ministry of Defence

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

1 February 2006

Reference

442 c511W;442 c511W; 47001

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what his estimate is of the additional cost of implementing the proposals in the higher education White Paper in the first three years that they come into effect.

Asked by

Lynne Jones (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

19 November 2003

Reference

139752; 413 c997W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of medical students are from families whose family income is (a) less than £10,000, (b) £10,000 to £15,000, (c) £15,001 to £20,000 and (d) over £20,001, using the definition of income that he proposes to use in assessing...

Asked by

Lynne Jones (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

25 February 2003

Reference

98316; 400 c473-4W;400 c466W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of students in full-time higher education are from families whose family income is (a) £10,000 or less, (b) £10,001 to £15,000, (c) £15,001 to £20,000 and (d) over £20,001 using the same definition of income as he proposes...

Asked by

Lynne Jones (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

6 February 2003

Reference

399 c358W;399 c356W; 94722

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assumptions are made about student numbers in figure 3 in the White Paper, `The Future of Higher Education'. - Inc table.

Asked by

Lynne Jones (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

22 January 2003

For answer on

3 February 2003

Answered on

3 February 2003

Lynne Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what assumptions are made about student numbers in figure 3 in the White Paper, "The Future of Higher Education". [93569] Margaret Hodge: Figure 3 of "The Future of Higher Education" shows total publicly planned funding for Higher Education, and the unit funding, in real terms in each year from 1989-90 to 2003-04. The numbers of students which underpin the unit funding calculations are shown in the following table. UK- and EU-domiciled students at English higher education institutions (full-time equivalent, thousand) _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year Number 1989-90 567 1990-91 622 1991-92 695 1992-93 786 1993-94 876 1994-95 944 1995-96 989 1996-97 1,007 1997-98 1,019 1998-99 1,023 1999-2000 1,041 2000-01 1,064 2001-02 1,087 2002-03 1,101 2003-04 1,115 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Date

3 February 2003

Reference

93569; 399 c93-4W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment he has made of the impact of university staff turnover on the quality of academic research and higher education in the last five years. - Inc figures.

Asked by

Lynne Jones (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

25 November 2002

Reference

81771; 395 c86-7W;395 c86W

House

House of Commons

Prime Minister

Supplementary on funding of higher education.

Asked by

Lynne Jones (Labour)

Answering body

Prime Minister

Prime Minister's questions - 1st Supplementary

Status

Answered

Date

30 October 2002

Reference

391 c870

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when she expects to announce the results of the review into higher education spending.

Asked by

Lynne Jones (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

28 October 2002

Reference

77536; 391 c574W;391 c570W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of people aged under 25 years from each socio-economic group participated in higher education in each of the last 12 years. - Inc table.

Asked by

Lynne Jones (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

26 June 2002

For answer on

8 July 2002

Answered on

8 July 2002

Lynne Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what proportion of people aged under 25 years from each socio-economic group participated in higher education in each of the last 12 years. [65793] Margaret Hodge: Information is not available exactly as requested. The available information relates to the social class breakdown of the Age Participation Index (API) from 1990 to 2000, and is shown in the table. The API is defined as the number of UK domiciled under 21 initial entrants to full-time and sandwich courses expressed as a proportion of the averaged 18 to 19-year-old population. The sharp rise in participation rates in the early 1990s reflects the expansion of the higher education sector during these years. There was an increase in entrant numbers in 1997 related partly to the funding arrangements for higher education, with students choosing to enter HE rather than wait until 1998. There was a corresponding reduction in 1998 before the entry rates started to increase again in 1999. The Government are committed to raising the participation rates for people from less affluent family backgrounds, and has introduced Excellence Challenge, including the AimHigher campaign, which is targeted at raising attainment and aspirations among young people who traditionally would not consider going to university. Participation in higher education by social class Percentage _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Academic year beginning: Social 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 class I --{1} 55 71 73 78 80 82 79 72 73 76 Professiona l II --{1} 36 39 42 45 46 47 48 45 45 48 Intermediat e IIIN --{1} 22 27 29 31 31 32 31 29 30 33 Skilled non manual IIIM --{1} 11 15 17 18 18 18 19 18 18 19 Skilled manual IV Partly --{1} 10 14 16 17 17 17 18 17 17 19 skilled V Unskilled --{1} 6 9 11 11 12 13 14 13 13 14 I to IIIN 37 35 40 43 46 47 48 48 45 45 48 IIIM to V 10 11 14 16 17 17 18 18 17 17 18 All classes 19 23 28 30 32 32 33 33 31 32 33 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Not available.

Date

8 July 2002

Reference

388 c718-20W;388 c721-2W; 65793

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to her Answer of 5th March 2002, 381 c236W if she will amalgamate information for performance indicators in higher education in the UK to allow comparison to be made of the socio-economic background of students entering all high ranking...

Asked by

Lynne Jones (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

6 March 2002

For answer on

2 July 2002

Answered on

2 July 2002

Lynne Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to her answer, Ref 38091, of 5 March 2002, if she will amalgamate information for performance indicators in higher education in the UK to allow comparison to be made of the socio-economic background of students entering all high ranking universities with those entering all other universities. [41953] Margaret Hodge: The entry requirements of higher education institutions will vary from course to course and from year to year. Nevertheless, I have set out data which shows the Performance Indicators for the entry of young people by social class to undergraduate courses. The Government introduced aspirational funding for high ranking universities to support their efforts to recruit more young people from state schools. Institutions which currently receive this funding are listed first, followed by other institutions. Table T1b: Participation of under-represented groups in higher education, Young full-time undergraduate entrants 1999-2000{ 1} _________________________________________________________________________________________________. From Social Class IIIM, IV, V Institution Total Number of Percentage Percentage Number Number Percentage Percentage Number Percentage entrants young entrants with known with known from group from group benchmark{ benchmark{ Std dev entrants who are data data 2} 2} young UK All UK 328,646 244,018 74 83 -- -- 26 -- -- -- institutions England All English 268,853 197,984 74 84 -- -- 26 -- -- -- institutions Aspiration -- -- -- -- 45,025 7,070 16 19 8,484 -- funding institutions University 3,941 3,569 91 95 3,391 644 19 20 678 0.7 of Birmingham University 2,936 2,695 92 84 2,264 249 11 16 362 0.8 of Bristol University 2,895 2,744 95 98 2,689 242 9 12 323 0.7 of Cambridge City 1,410 944 67 80 755 211 28 25 189 1.6 University University 2,739 2,496 91 95 2,371 308 13 18 427 0.8 of Durham University 2,119 1,904 90 95 1,809 271 15 21 380 0.9 of Exeter Imperial 1,473 1,386 94 95 1,317 224 17 17 224 1.1 College King's 2,829 2,164 76 87 1,883 358 19 19 358 0.9 College London University 5,128 4,696 92 91 4,273 684 16 20 855 0.6 of Leeds University 3,356 3,004 90 93 2,794 615 22 22 615 0.8 of Liverpool London 562 532 95 95 505 66 13 15 76 1.7 School of Economics and Political Science University 4,762 3,937 83 89 3,504 631 18 20 701 0.7 of Manchester University 2,641 2,469 93 95 2,346 375 16 20 469 0.8 of Newcastle University 4,035 3,380 84 90 3,042 456 15 17 517 0.7 of Nottingham School of 425 247 58 87 215 39 18 21 45 2.8 oriental and African Studies University 3,055 2,933 96 97 2,845 256 9 13 370 0.7 of Oxford Oxford 2,579 1,846 72 95 1,754 333 19 29 509 1.0 Brookes University University 2,189 1,922 88 92 1,768 301 17 22 389 1.0 of Reading Royal 1,190 1,081 91 97 1,049 189 18 22 231 1.3 Holloway, University of London Royal 124 117 94 97 113 11 10 12 14 3.5 Veterinary College St. George's 259 209 81 95 199 28 14 16 32 2.7 Hospital Medical School University 2,453 2,120 86 93 1,972 276 14 18 355 0.9 College London University 2,395 2,259 94 96 2,169 304 14 17 369 0.8 of Warwick Non- -- -- -- -- 120,731 35,849 30 29 34,788 -- Aspiration funding Institutions Anglia 3,579 1,965 55 68 1,336 441 33 32 428 1.2 Polytechnic University Aston 1,168 1,067 91 93 992 327 33 24 238 1.4 University University 1,654 1,513 91 93 1,407 267 19 21 295 1.1 of Bath Bath Spa 1,010 616 61 89 548 164 30 29 159 1.9 University College Bishop 234 197 84 94 185 56 30 30 56 3.2 Grosseteste College Bolton 1,323 649 49 62 402 165 41 33 133 2.3 Institute of Higher Education Bournemouth 2,758 2,041 74 82 1,674 351 21 29 485 1.0 University University 1,706 1,318 77 83 1,094 361 33 27 295 1.3 of Bradford Bretton Hall 553 421 76 92 387 128 33 27 105 2.2 University 3,658 2,118 58 86 1,821 437 24 30 546 1.0 of Brighton Brunel 2,763 2,104 76 90 1,894 568 30 27 511 1.0 University Buckinghamsh 2,239 1,458 65 64 933 299 32 33 308 1.5 ire Chilterns University College Canterbury 1,678 1,015 60 82 832 225 27 31 258 1.5 Christ Church University College University 3,872 2,455 63 63 1,547 603 39 31 479 1.2 of Central England in Birmingham University 5,128 3,228 63 64 2,066 702 34 31 640 1.0 of Central Lancashire Central 131 96 73 89 85 15 18 25 21 4.4 School of Speech and Drama Chester 1,480 1,025 69 78 800 248 31 29 232 1.6 College of Higher Education University 1,147 646 56 89 575 172 30 31 178 1.8 College Chichester Coventry 3,307 2,470 75 85 2,100 777 37 32 672 1.0 University Cranfield 228 189 83 59 112 23 21 30 33 3.8 University Cumbria 230 167 73 84 140 55 39 33 46 3.8 College of Art and Design Dartington 156 99 63 88 87 20 23 29 25 4.5 College of Arts De Montfort 5,351 4,036 75 80 3,229 1,162 36 31 1,001 0.8 University University 3,223 2,202 68 77 1,696 576 34 32 543 1.1 of Derby University 1,972 1,490 76 90 1,341 268 20 23 308 1.1 of East Anglia University 2,891 1,369 47 67 917 367 40 34 312 1.5 of East London Edge Hill 1,638 1,015 62 78 792 277 35 31 245 1.6 College of Higher Education University 1,104 920 83 93 856 205 24 26 222 1.5 of Essex Falmouth 365 266 73 90 239 55 23 28 67 2.7 College of Arts University 2,140 1,587 74 88 1,397 377 27 31 433 1.2 of Gloucestersh ire Goldsmiths 1,118 701 63 90 631 126 20 24 151 1.6 College University 3,353 2,049 61 71 1,455 495 34 33 480 1.2 of Greenwich Harper Adams 388 321 83 83 266 43 16 24 64 2.3 University College University 3,934 2,711 69 78 2,115 740 35 32 677 1.0 of Hertfordshir e Homerton 400 251 63 65 163 29 18 21 34 3.1 College, Cambridge University 3,556 2,460 69 82 2,017 746 37 32 646 1.0 of Huddersfield University 2,160 1,662 77 89 1,479 355 24 24 355 1.1 of Hull Keele 1,438 1,190 83 88 1,047 230 22 24 251 1.3 University University 1,766 1,501 85 89 1,336 307 23 24 321 1.2 of Kent at Canterbury Kent 450 326 72 85 277 89 32 30 83 2.7 Institute of Art and Design King 1,011 806 80 93 750 202 27 30 225 1.6 Alfred's College, Winchester Kingston 3,498 2,417 69 79 1,909 611 32 31 592 1.0 University Lancaster 2,020 1,868 92 94 1,756 386 22 22 386 1.0 University Leeds 5,050 3,667 73 77 2,824 819 29 32 904 0.8 Metropolitan University University 2,071 1,932 93 94 1,816 381 21 21 381 1.0 of Leicester University 2,555 1,767 69 87 1,537 553 36 32 492 1.1 of Lincoln Liverpool 1,440 1,060 74 70 742 267 36 31 230 1.6 Hope Liverpool 4,626 3,346 72 73 2,443 830 34 29 708 0.9 John Moores University University 66 56 85 93 52 13 25 16 8 5.7 of London (Institutes and activities) London 2,605 1,487 57 72 1,071 407 38 33 353 1.4 Guildhall University The London 2,029 1,307 64 81 1,059 275 26 29 307 1.3 Institute Loughborough 2,562 2,433 95 95 2,311 508 22 24 555 0.9 University University 1,834 1,129 62 63 711 277 39 34 242 1.7 of Luton UMIST 1,233 1,135 92 91 1,033 248 24 24 248 1.3 Manchester 6,398 4,739 74 77 3,649 1,168 32 30 1,095 0.7 Metropolitan University Middlesex 4,896 2,778 57 72 2,000 720 36 33 660 1.0 University Newman 349 259 74 90 233 105 45 32 75 3.0 College University 2,768 1,993 72 77 1,535 552 36 32 491 1.1 College Northampton University 3,114 1,618 52 62 1,003 421 42 35 351 1.4 of North London North Riding 447 298 67 91 271 89 33 30 81 2.6 College Northern 36 31 86 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- School of Contemporary Dance University 5,415 3,690 68 84 3,100 930 30 30 930 0.8 of Northumbria at Newcastle Norwich 245 173 71 83 144 42 29 28 40 3.6 School of Art and Design Nottingham 5,297 3,957 75 88 3,482 940 27 28 975 0.7 Trent University School of 123 98 80 91 89 23 26 23 21 4.5 Pharmacy University 5,206 3,356 64 76 2,551 689 27 30 765 0.9 of Plymouth University 3,162 2,446 77 85 2,079 541 26 29 603 0.9 of Portsmouth Queen Mary, 1,886 1,675 89 92 1,541 431 28 24 370 1.1 University of London Ravensbourne 277 184 66 78 144 39 27 30 43 3.6 College Rose Bruford 171 143 84 88 126 19 15 24 30 3.5 College Royal 61 56 92 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- Academy of Music Royal 72 67 93 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- College of Music Royal 104 100 96 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- Northern College of Music College of 666 439 66 90 395 134 34 32 126 2.2 St. Mark and St. John St. Martin's 1,278 869 68 84 730 241 33 31 226 1.6 College St. Mary's 605 548 91 93 510 163 32 28 143 2.0 College University 3,849 2,506 65 76 1,905 648 34 30 571 1.0 of Salford University 4,090 3,315 81 89 2,950 502 17 18 531 0.7 of Sheffield Sheffield 5,584 4,311 77 88 3,794 1,176 31 30 1,138 0.7 Hallam University University 4,111 3,326 81 89 2-960 503 17 22 651 0.7 of Southampton Southampton 3,941 2,763 70 70 1,934 542 28 32 619 1.0 Institute South Bank 3,518 1,544 44 56 865 303 35 34 294 1.5 University Staffordshir 3,889 2,891 74 82 2,371 830 35 32 759 0.9 e University University 2,616 1,878 72 96 1,803 631 35 32 577 1.1 of Sunderland The Surrey 794 656 83 89 584 158 27 29 169 1.8 Institute of Art and Design University College University 1,272 996 78 84 837 176 21 25 209 1.4 of Surrey University 1,703 1,186 70 89 1,056 317 30 30 317 1.3 of Surrey Roehampton University 1,667 1,351 81 95 1,283 205 16 22 282 1.1 of Sussex University 2,794 1,770 63 87 1,540 693 45 34 524 1.2 of Teesside Thames 2,272 850 37 48 408 143 35 36 147 2.2 Valley University Trinity and 655 586 89 91 533 149 28 27 144 1.9 All Saints Trinity 88 79 90 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- College of Music University 5,765 4,273 74 79 3,376 743 22 28 945 0.7 of West of England, Bristol University 2,986 1,900 64 81 1,539 585 38 32 492 1.2 of Westminster Westminster 69 50 72 92 46 13 28 31 14 6.2 College, Oxford Wimbledon 119 83 70 90 75 20 27 26 19 5.0 School of Art University 4,639 2,841 61 71 2,017 948 47 33 666 1.0 of Wolverhampto n University 1,261 706 56 87 612 190 31 33 202 1.8 College Worcester Writtle 338 213 63 81 173 41 24 24 41 3.0 College Wye College, 126 104 83 92 96 16 17 22 21 3.9 University of London University 1,790 1,526 85 92 1,404 211 15 18 253 1.1 of York York St. 997 787 79 90 708 227 32 29 205 1.7 John College _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Source: HEFCE Performance Indicators {2} The grouped benchmark values for the two sets of institutions are estimates

Date

2 July 2002

Reference

41953; 388 c238-42W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment she has made of the impact that meeting matchfunding requirements for JIF and SRIF schemes has had on the financial health of relevant higher education institutions. - Inc figures.

Asked by

Lynne Jones (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

13 March 2002

Reference

381 c1132W;381 c1134W; 41748

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what her definition is of a high-ranking university as mentioned in Chapter 4 of `14-19: extending opportunities, raising standards'; and if she will collect information regarding the socio-economic background of students entering such institutions to enable comparisons with those entering...

Asked by

Lynne Jones (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

5 March 2002

Reference

38091; 381 c236W

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Defence

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many British universities have research contracts with AWE; and if he will list them. - Including list.

Asked by

Lynne Jones (Labour)

Answering body

Ministry of Defence

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

28 February 2002

Reference

32714; 380 c1453W;380 c1454W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many home-domiciled applicants aged under 21 there were to (a) full-time and (b) sandwich undergraduate courses in each of the last three years; and how many acceptances there were onto such courses, indicating (i) the proportion of the age...

Asked by

Lynne Jones (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Employment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

21 June 2000

For answer on

11 July 2000

Answered on

11 July 2000

Dr. Lynne Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many home-domiciled applicants aged under 21 there were to (a) full-time and (b) sandwich undergraduate courses in each of the last three years; and how many acceptances there were onto such courses, indicating (i) the proportion of the age group in each socio-economic group this represents and (ii) the proportion of acceptances that were (A) to former polytechnics and (B) accepted in an institution in the locality of the applicant's home address. [127724] Mr. Wicks: The available information is shown in the following table. Applicants and acceptances to full-time and sandwich undergraduate courses in the UK via the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) Home domiciled students aged under 21 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1997 1998 1999 Applicants 300,926 303,729 306,809 Acceptances 237,519 239,663 245,626 Percentage of acceptances to 35.2 35.5 35.1 former polytechnics Percentage of acceptances to 42.2 42.3 43.5 institutions in the applicant's home region{1} Participation rates by social class{ 2} Non-manual household head{4} 48 45 {3}45-46 Manual household head{5} 18 17 {3}17-18 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Based on Standard Statistical Regions in 1997 and Government office Regions in 1998 and 1999. Data at a more disaggregated geographical level are not available centrally. {2} Derived from the number of initial entrants to full-time undergraduate courses and population data from the 1991 census. {3} Provisional estimates. {4} Social Classes, I, II, IIIN (Professional, Intermediate, Skilled non-manual). {5} Classes IIIM, IV, V (Skilled manual, Partly skilled, Unskilled). The social class mix of the underlying population is taken directly from the 1991 Census. Over time this approach becomes less reliable, particularly at a disagreggated level and the social class groupings have therefore been aggregated. Over the period shown, participation rates of young people by social class have fluctuated in line with overall participation. These overall trends in part reflect a large increase in the size of the age-group and the decision by some students to pull forward their year of entry to higher education from 1998 to 1997 in advance of the introduction of fees. Over the same period the proportion of young students who come from the lower social classes (IIIM, IV, V) has remained constant at around 27 per cent. and the proportion who come from the higher social classes (I, II, IIIN) has remained at around 73 per cent.

Date

11 July 2000

Reference

127724; 353 c465W;353 c463W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many people aged (a) 18 to 21, (b) 21 to 24 and (c) 25 years and over have applied for higher education in each of the last three years; and what percentage of the population in each age group...

Asked by

Lynne Jones (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Employment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

9 February 2000

For answer on

3 April 2000

Answered on

3 April 2000

Dr. Lynne Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many people aged (a) 18 to 21, (b) 21 to 24 and (c) 25 years and over have applied for higher education in each of the last three years; and what percentage of the population in each age group these figures represent. [109978] Mr. Wicks: The latest data on applicants via UCAS are shown in the following table. Although applicants fell between 1998 and 1999, the final number of accepted applicants increased by 1.6 per cent. over the same period. Home domiciled applicants for entry to full-time and sandwich {1} undergraduate courses in the United Kingdom through the universities and colleges admission system (UCAS) 1997-99 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1997 1998 1999 Age Number Percentage of Number Percentage of Number Percentage of population {1} population {1} population {1} Under 21 300,926 43.1 303,729 {2}41.0 306,809 40.9 21 to 24 41,000 5.3 37,287 5.1 36,361 5.1 25 and over 56,401 6.0 48,572 5.2 45,521 5.0 Total 398,327 389,588 388,691 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Based on the averaged 17 and 18 year old population for under 21s, the averaged 21-24 year old population for 21-24s, and the averaged 25-34 year old population for 25s and over. {2} The drop in the participation rate between 1997 and 1998 reflects the unusually large increase in the number of 18 year olds in the population between these years, resulting from a rise in the birth rate. UCAS covers only applicants to full-time and sandwich courses; although similar data for part-time courses are not available, entrant numbers are. The following table shows the numbers of entrants to part-time courses as a proportion of the age group, for the two most recent years; data on part-time entrants for 1999 will not be available until April 2000. The figures show that, in contrast to applicants to full-time courses, participation rates for mature part-time students have risen. The majority of mature students opt to enter higher education via part-time courses. Home domiciled entrants to part-time undergraduate courses {1} in the United Kingdom _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1997 1998 Age Number Percentage of Number Percentage of population{2} population{2} Under 21 15,227 2.2 16,236 2.2 21 to 24 26,116 3.5 26,645 3.8 25 and over 176,139 18.9 181,572 19.8 Total 217,482 224,453 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Includes courses in HE institutions, including the Open University, and FE institutions. The figures for the Open University will include some double counting of students who enrol on more than one course. {2} Based on the averaged 18 and 19 year old population for under 21s, the averaged 21-24 year old population for 21-24s, and the averaged 25-34 year old population for 25s and over.

Date

3 April 2000

Reference

347 c288W; 109978

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what data he has collated on the number of people participating in higher education courses in each constituency in each of the last three years. - These data are not collated centrally on a constituency basis.

Asked by

Lynne Jones (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Employment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

21 February 2000

Reference

344 c700W; 109979

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what data he has collated on the number of people participating in higher education, broken down by socio-economic group, in each of the last three years. - Table given.

Asked by

Lynne Jones (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Employment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

9 February 2000

For answer on

16 February 2000

Answered on

16 February 2000

Dr. Lynne Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what data he has collated on the number of people participating in higher education, broken down by socio-economic group, in each of the last three years. [109980] Mr. Wicks: Figures for the number of acceptances by social class are given in the table. Home domiciled accepted applicants to full-time and sandwich {1} undergraduate courses in the United Kingdom through the Universities and Colleges Admission System (UCAS) by social class {2} 1997 to 1999 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year of entry 1997 1998 1999 A Professional 39,644 38,510 38,864 B Intermediate 117,360 115,615 115,667 C1 Skilled non-manual 44,804 44,207 44,474 C2 Skilled manual 37,333 35,610 36,286 D Partly skilled 23,507 22,692 23,097 E Unskilled 5,620 5,329 5,538 Not known 35,050 36,257 39,139 Total 303,318 298,220 303,065 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} UCAS collect data on full-time and sandwich courses only, therefore no information on part-time acceptances is available. {2} For students aged under 21, the social class is that of their parents, for those aged 21 and over the social class is that of the student.

Date

16 February 2000

Reference

344 c577W;344 c577-8W; 109980

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list by socio-economic group (a) the numbers and (b) the percentages of (i) under 21 and (ii) over 21 year olds who were accepted into full-time or sandwich undergraduate study in (1) 1995 and (2) the most...

Asked by

Lynne Jones (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Employment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

9 June 1998

For answer on

22 June 1998

Answered on

22 June 1998

Dr. Lynne Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list by socio-economic group (a) the numbers and (b) the percentages of (i) under 21 and (ii) over 21 year olds who were accepted into full-time or sandwich undergraduate study in (1) 1995 and (2) the most recent year for which figures are available. [45749] Dr. Howells: The available data on students accepted into full-time and sandwich undergraduate courses by socio-economic group are provided in the following table. It shows the number of accepted applicants to full-time and sandwich courses in 1995 and 1997 who applied through the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS). However, not all full-time and sandwich undergraduate students enter higher education through UCAS. Information on the socio-economic groups of students who did not apply through UCAS is currently unavailable. Accepted home applicants through UCAS to undergraduate degree courses; by age and socio-economic group, Autumn 1995 and 1997 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1995 1997 Under 21 years Over 21 years Under 21 years Over 21 years Socio-economic group by age Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Number Per cent. group A Professional 31,287 17 5,326 10 35,026 16 2,732 5 B Intermediate 78,131 42 17,298 31 92,944 43 16,076 27 C1 Skilled non-manual 20,287 11 6,605 12 23,839 11 10,249 17 C2 Skilled manual 28,071 15 9,521 17 32,714 15 6,982 12 D Partly skilled 12,622 7 4,775 9 14,862 7 5,989 10 E Unskilled 2,950 2 1,396 3 3,767 2 1,128 2 Not known 11,377 6 10,524 19 14,565 7 15,630 27 Total 185,265 100 55,445 100 217,717 100 58,786 100 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Date

22 June 1998

Reference

314 c409-10W;314 c410W; 45749

House

House of Commons

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