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Students: Science

Mr. Boris Johnson: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many and what percentage of students (a) under 21 and (b) over 21 years old studied (i) physics, (ii) chemistry, (iii) biochemistry, (iv) biological sciences, (v) psychology, (vi) sports science and (vii) other science subjects at (A) Oxbridge, (B) Russell Group institutions and (C) other higher education institutions at honours degree level in each of the last five years, broken down by socio-economic background. [149494]

Bill Rammell: The information is given in the separate tables. The figures are taken from data collected by the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) which are limited to students who apply to full-time undergraduate courses via the UCAS application system. The figures do not therefore cover part-time students, nor those full-time students who apply directly to Higher Education Institutions.

Figures for Oxford and Cambridge Universities are not available because, for confidentiality reasons, UCAS do not release combinations of variables through which the data of individual institutions, or small groups of institutions, might be identifiable, beyond those already in the public domain.

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Accepted applicants by age group, Socio-economic group, and science subject
2002
							Of which:
	Physics		Chemistry		All Biological Sciences		Molecular Biology, Biophysics & Biochemistry		Psychology		Sports Science		Other Science subjects
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
Under 21
Russell Group
Higher managerial and professional occupations	526	35.2	369	29.4	1866	33.0	286	31.4	644	32.9	31	24.0	7742	35.1
Lower managerial and professional occupations	464	31.1	405	32.3	1759	31.1	273	30.0	657	33.5	49	38.0	6755	30.6
Intermediate occupations	205	13.7	187	14.9	795	14.1	129	14.2	268	13.7	17	13.2	2963	13.4
Small employers and own account workers	77	5.2	77	6.1	364	6.4	52	5.7	130	6.6	9	7.0	1442	6.5
Lower supervisory and technical occupations	57	3.8	55	4.4	234	4.1	43	4.7	64	3.3	8	6.2	807	3.7
Semi-routine occupations	115	7.7	108	8.6	441	7.8	88	9.7	136	6.9	8	6.2	1685	7.6
Routine occupations	50	3.3	53	4.2	194	3.4	39	4.3	60	3.1	7	5.4	657	3.0
Total with known occupations	1494	100.0	1254	100.0	5653	100.0	910	100.0	1959	100.0	129	100.0	22051	100.0
Unknown	69	—	120	—	418	—	84	—	124	—	16	—	1676	—
Non-Russell Group
Higher managerial and professional occupations	272	30.1	244	21.9	3259	22.0	118	23.6	1455	23.5	938	19.1	9545	22.3
Lower managerial and professional occupations	259	28.7	326	29.3	4784	32.2	157	31.4	1985	32.0	1634	33.3	12373	28.9
Intermediate occupations	142	15.7	157	14.1	2222	15.0	71	14.2	935	15.1	722	14.7	6151	14.3
Small employers and own account workers	49	5.4	80	7.2	1101	7.4	49	9.8	402	6.5	398	8.1	3936	9.2
Lower supervisory and technical occupations	36	4.0	80	7.2	832	5.6	30	6.0	305	4.9	324	6.6	2506	5.8
Semi-routine occupations	107	11.8	158	14.2	1727	11.6	53	10.6	734	11.8	570	11.6	5573	13.0
Routine occupations	39	4.3	69	6.2	921	6.2	22	4.4	382	6.2	321	6.5	2795	6.5
Total with known occupations	904	100.0	1114	100.0	14846	100.0	500	100.0	6198	100.0	4907	100.0	42879	100.0
Unknown	85	—	167	—	2116	—	79	—	743	—	855	—	8028	—
21 and over
Russell Group
Higher managerial and professional occupations	8	17.4	6	25.0	36	14.0	3	15.8	19	16.1	0	0.0	379	21.9
Lower managerial and professional occupations	13	28.3	7	29.2	74	28.8	6	31.6	38	32.2	3	30.0	474	27.4
Intermediate occupations	3	6.5	3	12.5	51	19.8	4	21.1	20	16.9	1	10.0	356	20.6
Small employers and own account workers	1	2.2	1	4.2	10	3.9	0	0.0	5	4.2	1	10.0	61	3.5
Lower supervisory and technical occupations	0	0.0	2	8.3	5	1.9	0	0.0	1	0.8	1	10.0	71	4.1
Semi-routine occupations	16	34.8	3	12.5	56	21.8	5	26.3	25	21.2	3	30.0	310	18.0
Routine occupations	5	10.9	2	8.3	25	9.7	1	5.3	10	8.5	1	10.0	76	4.4
Total with known occupations	46	100.0	24	100.0	257	100.0	19	100.0	118	100.0	10	100.0	1727	100.0
Unknown	25	—	34	—	124	—	14	—	42	—	7	—	892	—
Non-Russell Group
Higher managerial and professional occupations	6	9.4	13	12.9	169	7.7	2	5.6	88	8.0	45	7.4	1133	9.7
Lower managerial and professional occupations	13	20.3	19	18.8	603	27.5	8	22.2	314	28.4	164	27.0	2963	25.5
Intermediate occupations	11	17.2	21	20.8	474	21.6	9	25.0	292	26.4	101	16.6	2656	22.8
Small employers and own account workers	5	7.8	3	3.0	109	5.0	2	5.6	49	4.4	38	6.3	660	5.7
Lower supervisory and technical occupations	8	12.5	2	2.0	75	3.4	1	2.8	24	2.2	31	5.1	512	4.4
Semi-routine occupations	16	25.0	26	25.7	572	26.1	7	19.4	250	22.6	184	30.3	2758	23.7
Routine occupations	5	7.8	17	16.8	188	8.6	7	19.4	89	8.0	44	7.2	960	8.2
Total with known occupations	64	100.0	101	100.0	2190	100.0	36	100.0	1106	100.0	607	100.0	11642	100.0
Unknown	39	—	78	—	1380	—	48	—	638	—	365	—	8176	—
2002 total	2726	—	2892	—	26984	—	1690	—	10928	—	6896	—	97071	—

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