Oxford And Cambridge (Admissions)

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many, and what percentage, of (a) applicants and (b) successful applicants there were to (i) Oxford and (ii) Cambridge University from (A) fee paying schools, (B) local authority 11–18 comprehensive schools, (C) sixth form colleges, (D)

	Percentage of applications from maintained sector Year of entry			Percentage of acceptances from maintained sector Year of entry
Cambridge University	2000	2001	2002	2000	2001	2002
Christ's	55	58	61	37	51	54
Churchill	75	68	70	68	58	66
Clare	56	65	66	55	59	60
Corpus Christi	49	56	57	39	53	52
Downing	51	47	54	41	46	50
Emmanuel	61	59	57	54	53	54
Fitzwilliam	71	68	72	66	60	69
Girton	61	62	64	61	58	51
Gonville and Caius	48	46	52	48	36	46
Homerton¹	—	—	76	—	—	72
Hughes Hall²	—	—	60	—	—	100
Jesus	57	53	53	54	56	56
King's	84	85	80	77	78	69
Lucy Cavendish²	—	—	89	—	—	100
Magdalene	42	42	48	36	44	55
New Hall	59	58	65	58	55	54
Newnham	58	64	62	49	59	61
Pembroke	55	57	59	50	50	51
Peterhouse	52	45	53	43	43	53
Queen's	60	60	57	55	53	47
Robinson	65	64	69	56	64	62
Selwyn	58	54	61	49	48	58
Sidney Sussex	55	58	58	45	52	58
St. Catherine's	58	52	59	52	51	57
St. Edmund's²	—	—	100	—	—	—
St. John's	52	55	50	45	49	45
Trinity	56	52	54	48	45	44
Trinity Hall	55	53	52	47	50	43
Wolfson²	—	—	83	—	—	83
All standard colleges	59	58	60	52	53	55
Mature student colleges (Hugh Hall, Lucy Cavendish, St. Edmunds and Wilfson)	86	86	—	87	87	—
¹ Homerton College amalgamated with Cambridge on 1 April 2001
² Prior to 2002, figures for these colleges were amalgamated.

	Percentage of applications from maintained sector Year of entry			Percentage of offers to maintained sector Year of entry
Oxford University	2001	2001	2002	2000	2001	2002
Balliol	—	50	61	56	53	51
Brasenose	—	40	40	44	44	49
Christ Church	—	43	49	47	39	47
Corpus Christi	—	57	60	56	52	58
Exeter	—	51	52	60	56	48
Harris Manchester	—	100	100	100	86	92
Hertford	—	69	76	61	67	71
Jesus	—	67	68	57	58	61
Keble	—	58	63	65	60	59
Lady Margaret Hall	—	46	51	47	41	52
Lincoln	—	52	63	46	57	64
Magdalene	—	56	57	46	52	52
Mansfield	—	71	81	75	67	75
Merton	—	61	59	61	54	53
New	—	54	53	48	49	55

state grammar schools and (E) further education colleges, in each of the last three years, broken down by constituent college. [101040]

[holding answer 10 March 2003]: The available information for the constituent colleges of Oxford and Cambridge is shown in the following tables. These figures are compiled by the institutions themselves, who are responsible for its accuracy. The tables cover all applicants, irrespective of their qualifications, and therefore take no account of any differential levels of A-level attainment between students from the maintained and independent school sectors.

	Percentage of applications from maintained sector Year of entry			Percentage of offers to maintained sector Year of entry
Oxford University	2001	2001	2002	2000	2001	2002
Oriel	—	46	54	40	45	49
Pembroke	—	45	46	45	55	51
Queen's	—	50	49	53	57	46
Somerville	—	55	55	60	61	64
St. Anne's	—	53	61	61	57	55
St. Catherine's	—	59	58	56	49	44
St. Edmund Hall	—	40	46	42	60	55
St. Hilda's	—	62	61	53	64	63
St. Hugh's	—	63	62	50	66	74
St. John's	—	67	80	70	53	51
St. Peter's	—	50	49	51	61	64
Trinity	—	47	49	44	54	51
University	—	46	46	48	43	49
Wadham	—	71	75	66	68	73
Worcester	—	41	49	47	48	48
Total	—	55	59	54	55	57
¹ Figures not available for applications in 2000.

Volume 404: debated on Wednesday 7 May 2003