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Higher Education: Cornwall

Volume 497: debated on Wednesday 14 October 2009

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many and what percentage of students entering higher education for (a) full time and (b) part time first degrees have been from Cornwall in each year since 1997. (291715)

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

All first degree entrants1 and first degree entrants from Cornwall local authority2 by mode of study UK higher education institutions3, academic years 1997-98 to 2007-08

All entrants

Of which: from Cornwall

Academic year

Full-time

Part-time

Full-time

Part-time

Percentage full-time from Cornwall

Percentage part-time from Cornwall

1997-98

332,075

30,810

2,270

165

0.7

0.5

1998-99

320,730

34,275

2,240

310

0.7

0.9

1999-2000

318,340

33,630

2,245

290

0.7

0.9

2000-01

319,350

31,630

2,215

225

0.7

0.7

2001-02

334,235

34,080

2,130

265

0.6

0.8

2002-03

352,790

35,085

2,215

220

0.6

0.6

2003-04

361,525

35,920

2,255

310

0.6

0.9

2004-05

364,025

32,765

2,190

230

0.6

0.7

2005-06

384,775

33,625

2,435

385

0.6

1.1

2006-07

373,625

31,360

2,210

365

0.6

1.2

2007-08

390,180

30,305

2,330

295

0.6

1.0

1 Figures for all entrants covers students of all domiciles.

2 Local authority is defined by valid home postcodes.

3 Excludes the Open University due to inconsistencies in their coding of entrants across the time series.

Notes:

1. Figures are based on a snapshot basis as at 1 December and have been rounded to the nearest five.

2. Percentages are based on un-rounded figures.

Source:

Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA).

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what percentage of 18 to 21 year-olds from Cornwall started a university course in each year since 1997. (292126)

The Department does not hold information on the number of 18 to 21-year-olds resident in Cornwall, so cannot calculate the proportion who enter HE. The number of 18 to 21-year-old entrants from Cornwall has been provided as an alternative. Figures for the 2008/09 academic year will be available in January 2010.