Student Numbers Mr. Hoyle To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many students entered university in each of the last five years. Bill Rammell The latest available information is shown in the table. Figures for 2006/07 will be available in January 2008. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Academic year |Number of entrants| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2001/02 |535,440 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2002/03 |557,830 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2003/04 |561,685 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2004/05 |564,805 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |2005/06 |583,100 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |1 Excludes the Open University.Notes:Figures are on a HESA standard registration population basis and are rounded to the nearest 5.Figures cover all UK and overseas domiciles and students on full-time and part-time modes of study.Source:Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA).| | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------