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registered interest false more like this
date remove filter
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Department for Education more like this
answering dept id 60 more like this
answering dept short name Education more like this
answering dept sort name Education more like this
hansard heading Universities: Admissions remove filter
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text What steps the Government is taking to ensure that more students from disadvantaged backgrounds go to university. more like this
tabling member constituency Walsall North more like this
tabling member printed
Eddie Hughes more like this
uin 902866 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2017-12-11more like thismore than 2017-12-11
answer text <p>There are already record numbers of disadvantaged English 18 years olds benefitting from full-time higher education, and universities expect to spend over £860 million in 2018/19 on measures to improve the access and success of disadvantaged students, up from £404 million in 2009, through their access agreements.</p><p> </p><p>The Higher Education and Research Act includes a transparency duty requiring all universities to publish applications, offers, acceptance and retention rates broken down by gender, ethnicity and social economic background. This will help to hold universities to account for their records on access and retention.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Orpington more like this
answering member printed Joseph Johnson more like this
question first answered
less than 2017-12-11T17:44:28.977Zmore like thismore than 2017-12-11T17:44:28.977Z
answering member
4039
label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone more like this
tabling member
4635
label Biography information for Eddie Hughes more like this
804529
registered interest false more like this
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answering body
Department for Education more like this
answering dept id 60 more like this
answering dept short name Education more like this
answering dept sort name Education more like this
hansard heading Universities: Admissions remove filter
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of students studying at (a) Oxford and (b) Cambridge university came from (a) Sunderland and (b) the north east of England. more like this
tabling member constituency Houghton and Sunderland South more like this
tabling member printed
Bridget Phillipson more like this
uin 118731 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2017-12-14more like thismore than 2017-12-14
answer text <p>The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) collects and publishes statistics on students enrolled at UK higher education institutions (HEIs), including information on the location of each student’s permanent home address before they started their course (known as “domicile”). Across all English HEIs, 0.3% of students enrolled in the academic year 2015/16 were domiciled in the Sunderland local council area and 3.4% were domiciled in the North East region.</p><p> </p><p>The attached tables detail the numbers of students who were enrolled at the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge in the academic year 2015/16 who were domiciled in the Sunderland local council area, the North East region and England respectively, broken down by level of study.</p><p> </p><p>Overall, 0.1% of students enrolled at the University of Oxford were domiciled in the Sunderland local council area, and 1.3% domiciled in the North East region as a whole.</p><p> </p><p>Overall, 0.1% of students enrolled at the University of Cambridge were domiciled in the Sunderland local council area, and 1.4% domiciled in the North East region as a whole.</p>
answering member constituency Orpington more like this
answering member printed Joseph Johnson more like this
question first answered
less than 2017-12-14T15:24:11.79Zmore like thismore than 2017-12-14T15:24:11.79Z
answering member
4039
label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone more like this
attachment
1
file name 118731 - Attachment - 121217.docx more like this
title Enrolments by level of study for selected domicile more like this
tabling member
4046
label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson more like this