To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills pursuant to the answer of 26 January 2010, Official Report, 848-9W, on higher education: Chelmsford, how many applicants from (a) West Chelmsford constituency and (b) Chelmsford local authority area did not get a place at university in (i) 2005-06, (ii) 2006-07 and (iii) 2007-08.

[Official Report, 3 February 2010, Vol. 505, c. 333-334W.]

Letter of correction from Mr. David Lammy:

Errors have been identified in the written answer given to the hon. Member for West Chelmsford (Mr. Burns) on 3 February 2010. Due to an administrative error, some of the figures in the answer were incorrect. The incorrect figures were in the rows labelled “applicants” and “obtained a place”.

The correct answer should have been: (314497)

[holding answer 1 February 2010]: The information is in the following table.