Student Numbers

To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many students entered university in each of the last five years. (158758)

The latest available information is shown in the table. Figures for 2006/07 will be available in January 2008.

*Number of entrants to undergraduate courses English higher education institutions*¹*:Academic years 2001/02 to 2005/06*
Academic year	Number of entrants
2001/02	535,440
2002/03	557,830
2003/04	561,685
2004/05	564,805
2005/06	583,100
¹ Excludes the Open University. Notes: Figures are on a HESA standard registration population basis and are rounded to the nearest 5. Figures cover all UK and overseas domiciles and students on full-time and part-time modes of study. Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA).

Volume 465: debated on Wednesday 24 October 2007