Business, Innovation and Skills written question – answered at on 20 October 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many people in Birmingham, Ladywood constituency in each ethnic group (a) applied to enter university and (b) were successful in their application in each of the last five years.
The information is in the following table and has been provided by the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS).
Applicants and accepted applicants domiciled in Birmingham Ladywood (1 ) constituency by ethnicity (2) | ||||||||||
2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | ||||||
Ethnic background | Applicants | Accepted | Applicants | Accepted | Applicants | Accepted | Applicants | Accepted | Applicants | Accepted |
Black, Asian, mixed and other ethnic backgrounds | 808 | 582 | 892 | 646 | 982 | 728 | 1,107 | 779 | 1,281 | 613 |
White | 96 | 72 | 100 | 75 | 101 | 73 | 146 | 103 | 175 | 124 |
Unknown | 258 | 229 | 232 | 188 | 315 | 263 | 323 | 261 | 202 | 151 |
Grand total | 1,162 | 883 | 1,224 | 909 | 1,398 | 1,064 | 1,576 | 1,143 | 1,658 | 1,088 |
(1) Birmingham Ladywood constituency has been identified using the home postcode regardless of declared area of permanent residence. 2. While completion of the ethnic origin field is mandatory for those with a declared area of permanent residence in the UK, applicants can indicate that they prefer not to say what their ethnic origin is. Data on the ethnic origin of applicants are not passed to institutions until after the selection process. Where the ethnic origin has not been detailed in this analysis this is recorded as “Unknown”. |
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