The latest available figures from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) are shown in the following table. Figures for the 2007/08 academic year were released on 29 January 2009. Figures for the 2008/09 academic year will be available in January 2010.
Academic year Number 2001/02 140 2002/03 145 2003/04 185 2004/05 170 2005/06 180 2006/07 195 2007/08 180 1 Covers entrants to both full-time and part-time courses. 2 Students have been allocated to Leeds West constituency based on the home postcode reference recorded on the HESA student record. Some of these students may not have attended schools in the Leeds West constituency. 3 Excludes the Open university as they recorded the number of entrants incorrectly in the 2004/05 academic year. Note: Figures are based on a HESA standard registration population and have been rounded to the nearest five. Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA).