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Higher Education

Mr. Evennett: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many higher education institutions have applied to be able to use the title of university since 2004. [297090]

Mr. Lammy: Since 1 January 2004, there have been 19 applications from higher education institutions for university title. Of these 19 applications, 18 were successful.

Higher Education: Admissions

Anne Main: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many people aged (a) 21 years and under and (b) over 21 years old in each socio-economic group resident in (i) St. Albans constituency, (ii) Hertfordshire, (iii) the East of England and (iv) England attended university in each of the last five years. [297639]

Mr. Lammy: The latest available information from the Higher Education Statistics Agency is shown in tables 1 to 4. The figures are shown for full-time undergraduate entrants as socio-economic class (SEC) information is not available for part-time higher education students. Figures are provided for entrants aged under 21, and 21 and over as the socio-economic class data have a different basis for these two distinct age groups. Socio-economic class is based on occupation information: those aged under 21 provide their parent's occupation, and those aged 21 and over provide their own occupation.

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Table 1: Full-time undergraduate entrants from St. Albans parliamentary constituency( 1) , UK higher education institutions( 2) , academic years 2003/04 to 2007/08
	2003/04		2004/05		2005/06		2006/07		2007/08
Socio-economic classification	Under 21	21 and over	Under 21	21 and over	Under 21	21 and over	Under 21	21 and over	Under 21	21 and over
Higher managerial and professional occupations	150	10	180	10	150	10	160	5	160	10
Lower managerial and professional occupations	140	5	165	15	165	15	155	15	165	10
Intermediate occupations	60	15	65	10	60	10	65	5	55	5
Small employers and own account workers	35	5	25	5	15	0	30	5	25	5
Lower supervisory and technical occupations	10	0	20	0	10	0	10	0	10	0
Semi-routine occupations	25	10	40	5	30	10	40	10	30	10
Routine occupations	10	5	15	5	10	0	10	0	10	5
Missing(3)	65	85	80	85	150	85	95	55	110	105
(1) The table does not include entrants whose constituency cannot be established due to missing or invalid home postcodes. (2) Excludes the Open university due to inconsistencies in their coding of entrants across the time series. (3) Includes those classified as "Never worked and long-term unemployed", "Not classified" and "Missing". Note: Figures are based on a HESA standard registration population and have been rounded to the nearest five. Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA).

Table 2: Full-time undergraduate entrants from Hertfordshire local authority( 1) , UK higher education institutions( 2) , a cademic years 2003/04 to 2007/08
	2003/04		2004/05		2005/06		2006/07		2007/08
Socio - economic classification	Under 21	21 and over	Under 21	21 and over	Under 21	21 and over	Under 21	21 and over	Under 21	21 and over
Higher managerial and professional occupations	1,710	80	1,550	70	1,500	75	1,430	50	1,575	65
Lower managerial and professional occupations	1,860	110	1,535	150	1,495	135	1,485	120	1,585	115
Intermediate occupations	835	130	675	110	700	110	705	75	675	85
Small employers and own account workers	405	20	300	30	300	20	315	25	335	35
Lower supervisory and technical occupations	265	10	215	15	190	10	195	20	190	20
Semi-routine occupations	560	105	385	85	425	120	405	80	420	115
Routine occupations	225	40	140	30	155	40	170	35	155	35
Missing(3)	1,105	920	915	915	1,375	935	1,030	815	1,140	955
(1) The table does not include entrants whose local authority cannot be established due to missing or invalid home postcodes. (2) Excludes the Open university due to inconsistencies in their coding of entrants across the time series. (3) Includes those classified as "Never worked and long-term unemployed", "Not classified" and "Missing". Note: Figures are based on a HESA standard registration population and have been rounded to the nearest five. Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA).

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Table 3: Full-time undergraduate entrants from East of England Government office region( 1) , UK higher education institutions( 2) , academic years 2003/04 to 2007/08
	2003/04		2004/05		2005/06		2006/07		2007/08
Socioeconomic classification	Under 21	21 & over	Under 21	21 & over	Under 21	21 & over	Under 21	21 & over	Under 21	21 & over
Higher managerial and professional occupations	4,230	225	5,375	265	5,470	275	5,230	245	6,040	165
Lower managerial and professional occupations	5,970	715	6,110	535	6,305	635	6,050	575	6,905	530
Intermediate occupations	2,195	575	2,510	480	2,735	500	2,515	400	2,850	400
Small employers and own account workers	1,370	135	1,360	105	1,460	120	1,425	105	1,615	95
Lower supervisory and technical occupations	1,115	90	885	85	925	75	930	70	1,090	60
Semi-routine occupations	2,280	745	1,700	440	1,905	595	1,845	500	2,165	575
Routine occupations	1,375	280	745	130	765	180	875	185	985	190
Missing(3)	5,285	5,545	4,495	4,780	5,315	4,580	4,805	4,245	6,010	4,090
(1 )The table does not include entrants whose Government office region cannot be established due to missing or invalid home postcodes. (2 )Excludes the Open university due to inconsistencies in their coding of entrants across the time series. (3 )Includes those classified as "Never worked and long-term unemployed", "Not classified" and "Missing". Note: Figures are based on a HESA standard registration population and have been rounded to the nearest five. Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA).

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