To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what projections his Department has made of the numbers of students entering higher education in Romford over the next five years. (168425)

The Government have a target to increase participation in higher education towards 50 per cent. of those aged 18-30 with growth of at least a percentage point every two years to the academic year 2010-11. The Government do not make projections about the number of students entering higher education from specific areas.