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Higher Education: Admissions

Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many people in each London borough were offered a university place in each of the last 10 years. [210278]

Bill Rammell: The Department does not collect information from universities on the offers they make to students. The latest available information on entrants to Higher Education courses is shown in the following table. Comparable figures for the 2007/08 academic year will be available in January 2009.


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Entrants( 1) to UK Higher Education Institutions( 2) by London local authority( 3) area—academic years 1997/98 to 2006/07
Academic year
Local authority 1997/98 1998/99 1999/2000 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07

City of London

85

195

220

205

190

235

215

250

180

200

Camden

2,870

3,285

3,420

3,605

3,560

3,880

3,995

4,070

3,960

3,810

Greenwich

2,120

465

2,570

2,775

3,125

3,315

3,515

3,620

3,590

3,565

Hackney

2,490

3,005

3,265

3,330

3,615

3,860

3,980

4,265

4,200

4,200

Hammersmith and Fulham

1,810

2,030

2,260

2,345

2,365

2,550

2,725

2,705

2,740

2,560

Islington

2,280

2,975

3,035

3,300

3,230

3,525

3,695

3,780

3,630

3,625

Kensington and Chelsea

1,775

2,080

2,155

2,115

2,220

2,330

2,250

2,390

2,300

2,175

Lambeth

3,510

4,185

4,295

4,415

4,745

5,010

5,005

5,240

5,185

5,080

Lewisham

3,080

3,760

3,925

4,005

4,395

4,625

4,725

4,915

4,810

4,825

Southwark

3,430

4,140

4,140

4,300

4,605

4,820

5,320

5,390

5,075

4,955

Tower Hamlets

1,645

2,115

2,345

2,560

2,795

3,210

3,270

3,420

3,420

3,425

Wandsworth

3,130

3,880

3,905

3,830

3,940

4,450

4,725

4,685

4,505

4,535

Westminster

2,305

2,820

2,940

2,960

3,115

3,455

3,400

3,595

3,365

3,340

Barking and Dagenham

765

1,075

1,005

1,040

1,250

1,605

1,630

1,815

1,875

1,905

Barnet

4,380

5,080

5,320

5,430

5,510

6,110

5,830

6,175

6,195

5,945

Bexley

1,510

1,805

1,755

2,015

2,135

2,185

2,410

2,485

2,610

2,575

Brent

3,660

4,430

4,450

4,715

4,830

4,945

4,890

5,005

4,815

4,725

Bromley

2,690

3,120

3,340

3,435

3,505

3,850

4,000

4,150

4,000

3,910

Croydon

2,870

3,585

3,755

4,115

4,115

4,415

4,580

4,675

4,800

4,765

Ealing

3,715

4,670

4,880

5,030

5,265

5,420

5,280

5,500

5,405

5,355

Enfield

3,125

3,600

3,790

3,920

4,100

4,340

4,420

4,660

4,695

4,480

Haringey

3,265

4,000

3,970

4,025

4,060

4,385

4,340

4,515

4,430

4,320

Harrow

2,820

3,330

3,575

3,590

3,740

3,995

3,950

4,090

3,985

3,895

Havering

1,335

1,730

1,630

1,640

1,730

1,930

2,035

2,420

2,240

2,120

Hillingdon

1,925

2,405

2,650

2,790

2,840

3,095

3,125

3,175

3,265

3,240

Hounslow

2,070

2,670

2,845

3,015

2,940

3,060

3,150

3,245

3,255

3,210

Kingston upon Thames

1,215

1,895

1,950

2,010

2,165

2,405

2,460

2,525

2,585

2,460

Merton

1,765

2,225

2,355

2,470

2,565

2,760

2,825

2,870

2,840

2,770

Newham

2,660

3,210

3,415

3,525

3,960

4,400

4,355

4,410

4,465

4,540

Redbridge

2,685

3,340

3,270

3,375

3,865

4,160

4,105

4,120

4,255

4,255

Richmond upon Thames

1,830

2,405

2,485

2,385

2,540

2,645

2,760

3,050

2,965

2,895

Sutton

1,255

1,730

1,665

1,835

1,935

2,050

2,140

2,300

2,330

2,200

Waltham Forest

2,420

3,110

3,030

3,085

3,515

3,830

3,700

4,030

3,715

3,870

(1) Figures are on a snapshot basis as at 1 December to maintain a consistent time series across all years and are rounded to the nearest five. Figures include the Open University but exclude those on writing up, sabbatical or dormant mode of study.
(2) Covers entrants to postgraduate and undergraduate HE level courses in UK Higher Education Institutions.
(3) London boroughs have been taken to be local authority areas. Students are allocated to local authority area by postcode; figures exclude students with missing or invalid postcodes.
Source:
Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA)

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