Innovation, Universities and Skills written question – answered at on 12 March 2009.
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what percentage of school leavers resident in (a) West Chelmsford constituency and (b) Essex went on to higher education in each of the last 10 years.
The following table shows the number of 18-year-old entrants to undergraduate courses from West Chelmsford constituency and Essex local authority. It is not possible to identify the number of school leavers from these areas who did not enter higher education. It is not possible to identify whether entrants to higher education, from West Chelmsford constituency and Essex local authority, attended schools or FE colleges.
18-year-old undergraduate entrants( 1) from West Chelmsford constituency( 2) and Essex local authority( 2) to UK higher education institutions( 3) , academic years 1998-99 to 2007-08 | ||
Academic year | West Chelmsford | Essex |
1998-99 | 255 | 2,920 |
1999-2000 | 270 | 3,035 |
2000-01 | 320 | 3,060 |
2001-02 | 285 | 3,140 |
2002-03 | 320 | 3,295 |
2003-04 | 350 | 3,290 |
2004-05 | 335 | 3,380 |
2005-06 | 365 | 3,655 |
2006-07 | 385 | 3,670 |
2007-08 | 385 | 3,940 |
(1) Covers entrants studying both full-time and part-time courses (2) Parliamentary constituency and local authority are defined by full and valid home postcodes, returned by the student to HESA. (3) Excludes the Open University due to inconsistencies in their coding of entrants across the time series. Note: Figures are based on a snapshot as at 1 December and are rounded to the nearest five. Source: |
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