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registered interest false more like this
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Department for Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
answering dept id 26 more like this
answering dept short name Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
answering dept sort name Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
hansard heading Higher Education: Admissions remove filter
house id 1 more like this
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pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the recent trends in the number of university applications from students from disadvantaged or minority ethnic backgrounds. more like this
tabling member constituency Lichfield more like this
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Michael Fabricant more like this
uin 207993 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2014-09-09more like thismore than 2014-09-09
answer text <p>The latest figures published by UCAS for the 2014 application cycle show that, as at the main UCAS deadline of 15 January, the application rate for young people from the most disadvantaged areas in England had risen to the highest ever level (20.7%). The detailed figures can be found at <a href="http://www.ucas.com/news-events/news/2014/2014-cycle-applicant-figures-january-deadline-2014" target="_blank">http://www.ucas.com/news-events/news/2014/2014-cycle-applicant-figures-january-deadline-2014</a></p><p>The latest data on ethnic background show that application rates for all ethnic groups rose in 2014, reaching new highs for most groups. The figures can be found at <a href="http://www.ucas.com/data-analysis/analysis-notes" target="_blank">http://www.ucas.com/data-analysis/analysis-notes</a></p> more like this
answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells more like this
answering member printed Greg Clark more like this
question first answered
less than 2014-09-09T15:38:32.970871Zmore like thismore than 2014-09-09T15:38:32.970871Z
answering member
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label Biography information for Greg Clark more like this
tabling member
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label Biography information for Michael Fabricant more like this