To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate his Department has made of the change in numbers of Universities and Colleges Admissions Service applications from applicants in each (a) age group, (b) region and (c) socio-economic group between 2008-09 and 2009-10. (285716)

The latest figures published by UCAS showing applicants as at 30 June are shown in the tables. UCAS has not released any data on socio-economic group for 2009 entry.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate his Department has made of the number of (a) places available for applicants in and (b) applications for entry to university in 2009. (286023)

[holding answer 13 July 2009]: As of 30 June, there had been 487,356 applicants to full-time undergraduate courses for entry in 2009. This is based on UCAS data, and covers UK and EU domiciled applicants to English institutions. UCAS data do not provide a complete picture. They do not cover all institutions, or applications for part-time or postgraduate study.

We do not have an estimate of the total number of places available in 2009. This will depend on a number of factors—including growth in non-funded places and part-time provision.

In terms of HEFCE funded growth, the 2009 Grant Letter provides teaching grant for 10,000 Additional Student Numbers (ASNs) in 2009-10. ASNs refer to full-time equivalent places, and do not purely relate to entrants. They are also used to accommodate second or subsequent cohorts related to entrant expansion in earlier years. HEFCE estimate that the allocation these ASNs funds an additional 10,000 part-time entrant places (in headcount terms) and 3,000 full-time entrant places in 2009. This is in addition to the number of entrants in 2008. Data on the number of entrants in 2008 will not be available until early 2010.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many first degree undergraduates from (a) England and (b) other EU member states have been enrolled at a university in each year since 2005. (286835)

The latest figures from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) are shown in the table. Figures for the 2008-09 academic year will be available in January 2010.