11. To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many applications for university places were made for the academic year 2008-09; and how many students were accepted. (279012)

UCAS data on full-time undergraduates shows there were 502,000 UK domiciled applicants last year.

Of that, 405,000 had accepted a place by the end of clearing.

18. To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the number of new students who will apply for university and college places in (a) 2009 and (b) 2010. (279022)

There were 457,000 UK domiciled UCAS applicants as of March this year. This is a 35,000 increase on the same point last year.

We do not have any estimates of applicant numbers for 2010.