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Written Answers to Questions

Friday 29 February 2008

Innovation, Universities and Skills

Open University: Admissions

Mr. Lancaster: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills (1) how many students are registered with the Open University, broken down by constituency; [179959]

(2) when he expects to reply to question 179959, tabled on 14 January. [187182]

Bill Rammell [holding answer 17 January 2008]: The latest available information is given in the following table. Figures for 2007-08 will be available in January 2009.


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Number of students enrolled at the Open University, by parliamentary constituency, in the UK
Parliamentary constituency OU students

Aldershot

440

Aldridge-Brownhills

165

Altrincham and Sale West

245

Amber Valley

220

Arundel and South Downs

325

Ashfield

210

Ashford

365

Ashton under Lyne

185

Aylesbury

505

Banbury

460

Barking

175

Barnsley Central

150

Barnsley East and Mexborough

130

Barnsley West and Penistone

180

Barrow and Furness

260

Basildon

255

Basingstoke

400

Bassetlaw

245

Bath

370

Batley and Spen

185

Battersea

300

Beaconsfield

270

Beckenham

400

Bedford

345

Berwick-upon-Tweed

255

Bethnal Green and Bow

315

Beverley and Holderness

235

Bexhill and Battle

255

Bexleyheath and Crayford

205

Billericay

275

Birkenhead

175

Birmingham, Edgbaston

280

Birmingham, Erdington

220

Birmingham, Hall Green

175

Birmingham, Hodge Hill

115

Birmingham, Ladywood

260

Birmingham, Northfield

210

Birmingham, Perry Barr

185

Birmingham, Selly Oak

355

Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath

235

Birmingham, Yardley

140

Bishop Auckland

160

Blaby

275

Blackburn

175

Blackpool North and Fleetwood

170

Blackpool South

165

Blaydon

155

Blyth Valley

180

Bognor Regis and Littlehampton

205

Bolsover

205

Bolton North East

160

Bolton South East

145

Bolton West

215

Bootle

115

Boston and Skegness

245

Bosworth

265

Bournemouth East

290

Bournemouth West

315

Bracknell

430

Bradford North

165

Bradford South

190

Bradford West

175

Braintree

390

Brent East

270

Brent North

215

Brent South

225

Brentford and Isleworth

400

Brentwood and Ongar

270

Bridgwater

285

Brigg and Goole

180

Brighton, Kemptown

270

Brighton, Pavilion

460

Bristol East

290

Bristol North West

325

Bristol South

285

Bristol West

535

Bromley and Chislehurst

315

Bromsgrove

195

Broxbourne

230

Broxtowe

280

Buckingham

445

Burnley

125

Burton

290

Bury North

185

Bury South

195

Bury St. Edmunds

340

Calder Valley

305

Camberwell and Peckham

280

Cambridge

535

Cannock Chase

215

Canterbury

350

Carlisle

150

Carshalton and Wallington

295

Castle Point

215

Central Suffolk and North Ipswich

335

Charnwood

260

Chatham and Aylesford

250

Cheadle

215

Cheltenham

335

Chesham and Amersham

350

Chesterfield

265

Chichester

305

Chingford and Woodford Green

255

Chipping Barnet

285

Chorley

255

Christchurch

280

Cities of London and Westminster

635

City of Chester

275

City of Durham

320

City of York

385

Cleethorpes

185

Colchester

450

Colne Valley

250

Congleton

230

Copeland

215

Corby

300

Cotswold

280

Coventry North East

185

Coventry North West

240

Coventry South

210

Crawley

345

Crewe and Nantwich

205

Crosby

190

Croydon Central

375

Croydon North

425

Croydon South

370

Dagenham

175

Darlington

235

Dartford

275

Daventry

515

Denton and Reddish

200

Derby North

265

Derby South

300

Devizes

465

Dewsbury

150

Doncaster Central

205

Doncaster North

150

Don Valley

235

Dover

295

Dudley North

155

Dudley South

145

Dulwich and West Norwood

460

Ealing, Acton and Shepherds Bush

365

Ealing North

355

Ealing, Southall

325

Easington

105

East Devon

285

East Ham

215

East Hampshire

380

East Surrey

375

East Worthing and Shoreham

275

East Yorkshire

250

Eastbourne

370

Eastleigh

285

Eccles

190

Eddisbury

255

Edmonton

225

Ellesmere Port and Neston

190

Elmet

190

Eltham

230

Enfield North

245

Enfield, Southgate

260

Epping Forest

285

Epsom and Ewell

290

Erewash

255

Erith and Thamesmead

315

Esher and Walton

315

Exeter

465

Falmouth and Camborne

275

Fareham

350

Faversham and Mid Kent

300

Feltham and Heston

215

Finchley and Golders Green

440

Folkestone and Hythe

330

Forest of Dean

220

Fylde

240

Gainsborough

310

Gateshead East and Washington West

160

Gedling

275

Gillingham

335

Gloucester

300

Gosport

355

Grantham and Stamford

390

Gravesham

265

Great Grimsby

155

Great Yarmouth

315

Greenwich and Woolwich

370

Guildford

380

Hackney North and Stoke Newington

345

Hackney South and Shoreditch

315

Halesowen and Rowley Regis

175

Halifax

205

Haltemprice and Howden

225

Halton

170

Hammersmith and Fulham

385

Hampstead and Highgate

355

Harborough

290

Harlow

295

Harrogate and Knaresborough

315

Harrow East

280

Harrow West

295

Hartlepool

150

Harwich

290

Hastings and Rye

370

Havant

215

Hayes and Harlington

165

Hazel Grove

200

Hemel Hempstead

315

Hemsworth

210

Hendon

355

Henley

335

Hereford

335

Hertford and Stortford

390

Hertsmere

255

Hexham

220

Heywood and Middleton

200

High Peak

295

Hitchin and Harpenden

385

Holborn and St. Pancras

335

Hornchurch

160

Hornsey and Wood Green

500

Horsham

415

Houghton and Washington East

120

Hove

375

Huddersfield

165

Huntingdon

545

Hyndburn

155

Ilford North

220

Ilford South

245

Ipswich

305

Isle of Wight

630

Islington North

325

Islington South and Finsbury

305

Jarrow

135

Keighley

230

Kensington and Chelsea

280

Kettering

385

Kingston and Surbiton

340

Kingston upon Hull East

105

Kingston upon Hull North

175

Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle

130

Kingswood

305

Knowsley North and Sefton East

100

Knowsley South

115

Lancaster and Wyre

275

Leeds Central

210

Leeds East

100

Leeds North East

245

Leeds North West

230

Leeds West

210

Leicester East

150

Leicester South

250

Leicester West

250

Leigh

155

Leominster

270

Lewes

330

Lewisham, Deptford

340

Lewisham East

285

Lewisham West

345

Leyton and Wanstead

340

Lichfield

225

Lincoln

375

Liverpool, Garston

125

Liverpool, Riverside

185

Liverpool, Walton

105

Liverpool, Wavertree

145

Liverpool, West Derby

110

Loughborough

265

Louth and Horncastle

310

Ludlow

240

Luton North

200

Luton South

260

Macclesfield

265

Maidenhead

335

Maidstone and The Weald

390

Makerfield

135

Maldon and East Chelmsford

290

Manchester, Blackley

195

Manchester, Central

290

Manchester, Gorton

235

Manchester, Withington

305

Mansfield

255

Medway

300

Meriden

215

Mid Bedfordshire

420

Mid Dorset and North Poole

295

Mid Norfolk

345

Mid Sussex

395

Mid Worcestershire

270

Middlesbrough

115

Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland

190

Milton Keynes South West

895

Mitcham and Morden

260

Mole Valley

325

Morecambe and Lunesdale

200

Morley and Rothwell

210

New Forest East

250

New Forest West

225

Newark

260

Newbury

415

Newcastle upon Tyne Central

215

Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend

155

Newcastle upon Tyne North

180

Newcastle-under-Lyme

185

Normanton

210

North Cornwall

405

North Devon

380

North Dorset

400

North Durham

160

North East Bedfordshire

340

North East Cambridgeshire

385

North East Derbyshire

200

North East Hampshire

420

North East Hertfordshire

355

North East Milton Keynes

1,025

North Essex

295

North Norfolk

375

North Shropshire

260

North Southwark and Bermondsey

370

North Swindon

300

North Thanet

255

North Tyneside

205

North Warwickshire

180

North West Cambridgeshire

485

North West Durham

205

North West Hampshire

430

North West Leicestershire

235

North West Norfolk

320

North Wiltshire

475

Northampton North

275

Northampton South

505

Northavon

325

Norwich North

355

Norwich South

390

Nottingham East

310

Nottingham North

205

Nottingham South

260

Nuneaton

220

Old Bexley and Sidcup

230

Oldham East and Saddleworth

205

Oldham West and Royton

155

Orpington

310

Oxford East

410

Oxford West and Abingdon

470

Pendle

155

Penrith and The Border

235

Peterborough

365

Plymouth, Devonport

275

Plymouth, Sutton

325

Pontefract and Castleford

155

Poole

285

Poplar and Canning Town

340

Portsmouth North

265

Portsmouth South

385

Preston

170

Pudsey

250

Putney

325

Rayleigh

270

Reading East

435

Reading West

350

Redcar

160

Redditch

245

Regents Park and Kensington North

350

Reigate

345

Ribble Valley

185

Richmond Yorks

285

Richmond Park

395

Rochdale

190

Rochford and Southend East

345

Romford

210

Romsey

275

Rossendale and Darwen

205

Rother Valley

175

Rotherham

125

Rugby and Kenilworth

325

Ruislip-Northwood

235

Runnymede and Weybridge

290

Rushcliffe

385

Rutland and Melton

320

Ryedale

240

Saffron Walden

430

St. Albans

370

St. Helens North

165

St. Helens South

150

St. Ives

370

Salford

165

Salisbury

565

Scarborough and Whitby

270

Scunthorpe

150

Sedgefield

155

Selby

275

Sevenoaks

285

Sheffield, Attercliffe

140

Sheffield, Brightside

100

Sheffield Central

210

Sheffield, Hallam

200

Sheffield, Heeley

155

Sheffield, Hillsborough

210

Sherwood

285

Shipley

270

Shrewsbury and Atcham

340

Sittingbourne and Sheppey

320

Skipton and Ripon

265

Sleaford and North Hykeham

510

Slough

295

Solihull

270

Somerton and Frome

320

South Cambridgeshire

495

South Derbyshire

275

South Dorset

380

South East Cambridgeshire

545

South East Cornwall

340

South Holland and The Deepings

305

South Norfolk

380

South Ribble

160

South Shields

125

South Staffordshire

180

South Suffolk

310

South Swindon

370

South Thanet

260

South West Bedfordshire

385

South West Devon

310

South West Hertfordshire

420

South West Norfolk

480

South West Surrey

345

Southampton, Itchen

275

Southampton, Test

315

Southend West

340

Southport

245

Spelthorne

265

Stafford

300

Staffordshire Moorlands

165

Stalybridge and Hyde

205

Stevenage

335

Stockport

255

Stockton North

155

Stockton South

250

Stoke-on-Trent Central

155

Stoke-on-Trent North

150

Stoke-on-Trent South

185

Stone

220

Stourbridge

210

Stratford-on-Avon

360

Streatham

405

Stretford and Urmston

280

Stroud

330

Suffolk Coastal

380

Sunderland North

90

Sunderland South

85

Surrey Heath

365

Sutton and Cheam

250

Sutton Coldfield

295

Tamworth

230

Tatton

230

Taunton

340

Teignbridge

410

Telford

210

Tewkesbury

275

The Wrekin

310

Thurrock

320

Tiverton and Honiton

365

Tonbridge and Malling

305

Tooting

420

Torbay

380

Torridge and West Devon

450

Totnes

315

Tottenham

365

Truro and St. Austell

310

Tunbridge Wells

330

Twickenham

450

Tyne Bridge

165

Tynemouth

300

Upminster

170

Uxbridge

265

Vale of York

335

Vauxhall

370

Wakefield

240

Wallasey

205

Walsall North

150

Walsall South

145

Walthamstow

345

Wansbeck

185

Wansdyke

255

Wantage

465

Warley

180

Warrington North

225

Warrington South

265

Warwick and Leamington

335

Watford

375

Waveney

360

Wealden

380

Weaver Vale

230

Wellingborough

425

Wells

350

Welwyn Hatfield

295

Wentworth

130

West Bromwich East

130

West Bromwich West

125

West Chelmsford

400

West Derbyshire

290

West Dorset

345

West Ham

260

West Lancashire

170

West Suffolk

300

West Worcestershire

245

Westbury

370

Westmorland and Lonsdale

260

Weston-Super-Mare

335

Wigan

140

Wimbledon

350

Winchester

450

Windsor

330

Wirral South

180

Wirral West

235

Witney

415

Woking

395

Wokingham

385

Wolverhampton North East

130

Wolverhampton South East

105

Wolverhampton South West

190

Woodspring

280

Worcester

275

Workington

200

Worsley

185

Worthing West

240

Wycombe

330

Wyre Forest

240

Wythenshawe and Sale East

265

Yeovil

350

Aberavon

120

Alyn and Deeside

175

Blaenau Gwent

90

Brecon and Radnorshire

210

Bridgend

215

Caernarfon

130

Caerphilly

155

Cardiff Central

250

Cardiff North

215

Cardiff South and Penarth

240

Cardiff West

225

Carmarthen East and Dinefwr

145

Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire

160

Ceredigion

200

Clwyd South

175

Clwyd West

165

Conwy

165

Cynon Valley

85

Delyn

165

Gower

145

Islwyn

120

Llanelli

135

Meirionnydd Nant Conwy

100

Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney

100

Monmouth

265

Montgomeryshire

185

Neath

150

Newport East

150

Newport West

165

Ogmore

135

Pontypridd

170

Preseli Pembrokeshire

195

Rhondda

70

Swansea East

140

Swansea West

150

Torfaen

155

Vale of Clwyd

140

Vale of Glamorgan

265

Wrexham

125

Ynys Mon

165

Aberdeen Central

270

Aberdeen North

185

Aberdeen South

235

Airdrie and Shotts

145

Angus

210

Argyll and Bute

255

Ayr

155

Banff and Buchan

225

Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross

245

Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley

165

Central Fife

135

Clydebank and Milngavie

140

Clydesdale

205

Coatbridge and Chryston

135

Cumbernauld and Kilsyth

150

Cunninghame North

200

Cunninghame South

105

Dumbarton

240

Dumfries

195

Dundee East

155

Dundee West

145

Dunfermline East

160

Dunfermline West

230

East Kilbride

225

East Lothian

220

Eastwood

185

Edinburgh Central

390

Edinburgh East and Musselburgh

280

Edinburgh North and Leith

430

Edinburgh Pentlands

235

Edinburgh South

310

Edinburgh West

245

Falkirk East

175

Falkirk West

195

Galloway and Upper Nithsdale

195

Glasgow Anniesland

125

Glasgow Baillieston

75

Glasgow Cathcart

160

Glasgow Govan

185

Glasgow Kelvin

245

Glasgow Maryhill

130

Glasgow Pollok

95

Glasgow Rutherglen

120

Glasgow Shettleston

105

Glasgow Springburn

120

Gordon

280

Greenock and Inverclyde

130

Hamilton North and Bellshill

120

Hamilton South

105

Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber

350

Kilmarnock and Loudoun

155

Kirkcaldy

145

Linlithgow

220

Livingston

265

Midlothian

150

Moray

360

Motherwell and Wishaw

125

North East Fife

250

North Tayside

215

Ochil

185

Orkney and Shetland

260

Paisley North

115

Paisley South

95

Perth

290

Ross, Skye and Inverness West

315

Roxburgh and Berwickshire

180

Stirling

185

Strathkelvin and Bearsden

205

Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale

250

West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine

320

West Renfrewshire

150

Western Isles

125

Belfast East

205

Belfast North

155

Belfast South

300

Belfast West

130

East Antrim

205

East Londonderry

200

Fermanagh and South Tyrone

185

Foyle

255

Lagan Valley

265

Mid Ulster

110

Newry and Armagh

165

North Antrim

230

North Down

225

South Antrim

240

South Down

190

Strangford

230

Upper Bann

245

West Tyrone

150

Guernsey

640

Isle of Man

320

Total UK

173,115

Notes:
1. Figures are based on a HESA Standard Registration Population and have been rounded to the nearest five, so components may not sum to the total.
2. These figures exclude 3,445 students whose parliamentary constituency was not known. This includes a small number of overseas students.
Source:
Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA)

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