asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many applications there were for places in medical schools in each of the last five years and how many of these failed to secure a place; and if he will give similar figures for the faculties of arts and the natural and social sciences.
Based on applications through the Universities Central Council on Admissions (UCCA) the information required is as follows:
| Academic year of admission | Total applicants for medical schools | Applicants not securing a place | ||
| 1970–71 | … | … | 7,577 | 5,011 |
| 1971–72 | … | … | 8,971 | 6,276 |
| 1972–73 | … | … | 11,177 | 8,254 |
| 1973–74 | … | … | 12,915 | 9,857 |
| 1974–75 | … | … | 13,003 | 10,044 |
The only figures available for other subject groups on a comparable basis
Academic year of admission 1973–74
| Academic year of admission 1974–75
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Home applicants
| Home applicants not securing a place*
| Home applicants
| Home applicants not securing a place*
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| Medicine | … | 10,759 | 7,809 | 10,746 | 7,875 |
Subject Groups†
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| Medicine, Dentistry and Health | … | 15,614 | 10,684 | 16,578 | 11,693 |
| Science | … | 21,167 | 8,119 | 20,147 | 7,169 |
| Social Administrative and Business Studies | … | 31,476 | 18,038 | 31,379 | 16,970 |
| Language and other Arts | … | 25,961 | 12,398 | 25,392 | 11,480 |
* Not securing a place in the subject or subject groups specified if this contained the subject of first choice. | |||||
| † Groups as defined in the UCCA classification. | |||||
Some additional United Kingdom applicants may have applied outside the UCCA scheme direct to Aberdeen and Glasgow Medical Schools.