Higher Education: East Sussex

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many students from (a) Eastbourne and (b) East Sussex were allocated university places in each year since 1997. (151372)

I have been asked to reply.

The number of entrants to higher education institution in the UK for each year since 1997/98 are given in the following table.

*Number of entrants*¹ *to undergraduate courses from East Sussex local authority and Eastbourne constituency—UK higher education institutions*²*—academic years 1997/98 to 2005/06*
Academic year	Eastbourne constituency	East Sussex local authority
1997/98	595	3,565
1998/99	645	3,880
1999/2000	670	3,920
2000/01	650	3,805
2001/02	660	3,975
2002/03	710	4,265
2003/04	740	4,115
2004/05	780	4,155
2005/06	790	4,370
¹ Covers students on full-time and part-time modes of study. ² Exclude the Open University. Note: Figures are on a snapshot basis as at 1 December (excluding those writing up, on sabbatical or dormant) for comparability and are rounded to the nearest five. Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA)

Volume 463: debated on Monday 3 September 2007