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Written Question
Sixth Form Education: Admissions
Monday 8th June 2020

Asked by: Neil O'Brien (Conservative - Harborough)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many upper sixth form students there were in (a) state and (b) independent schools in each year since 1990.

Answered by Gillian Keegan - Secretary of State for Education

The table below contains the number of 17 year olds in full/part-time education in either state-funded or independent schools in England. The estimates relate to a snapshot of activities at the end of the calendar year, and are based on academic age, defined as ‘age at the start of the academic year’ i.e. age as at 31 August. The latest figures available are for the end of 2018.

Participation in full/ part-time education of 17 year olds by institution type, England, 1990 onwards:[1]

End of calendar year

All state-funded schools

Independent schools[2]

end 1990

96,700

33,400

end 1991

101,800

33,500

end 1992

105,500

33,600

end 1993

106,500

33,200

end 1994 (a)[3]

108,000

33,400

end 1994 (b)

108,800

32,600

end 1995

112,600

33,400

end 1996

123,800

34,900

end 1997

131,200

34,900

end 1998

132,900

34,600

end 1999

134,300

33,400

end 2000

138,900

33,500

end 2001[4]

135,200

33,700

end 2002

139,600

34,900

end 2003

142,900

35,300

end 2004

147,300

34,600

end 2005

153,600

36,200

end 2006

153,600

35,500

end 2007

159,000

37,100

end 2008

164,100

37,800

end 2009

175,300

39,000

end 2010

177,400

38,200

end 2011

180,800

39,400

end 2012

183,200

39,200

end 2013

184,800

39,300

end 2014

190,700

40,500

end 2015

189,500

40,600

end 2016

190,900

40,900

end 2017

197,400

40,300

end 2018 (prov)

202,700

40,000

This data is published in the National Statistics release ‘Participation in education, training and employment: 2018’ in table B4 of the ‘Additional tables – numbers: participation and NEET 2018’, available here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/810822/16-18_participation_and_NEET_statistics_additional_tables__numbers_.xlsx. In the publication the school numbers are sourced from the annual School Census.

[1] Figures have been rounded to the nearest 100.

[2] Includes all pupils in independent schools and independent special schools.

[3]The break in time series (1994) is due to changes in the source of further and higher education data.

[4]Pre 2001, includes all pupils in maintained/non-maintained special schools and pupil referral units. From 2001, these are reported under 'Special Schools' and are not included in the figures presented.


Written Question
Cambridge University and Oxford University: Admissions
Thursday 4th June 2020

Asked by: Neil O'Brien (Conservative - Harborough)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Answer of 5 June 2003 to Question HL2549, how many students entered (a) Oxford and (b) Cambridge universities from (i) UK independent (ii) UK state schools (iii) other and overseas (iv) in total.

Answered by Michelle Donelan - Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology

The latest data published by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) for the academic year 2018/19 is shown in the attached table.

Information on the type of school that entrants to the University of Oxford or the University of Cambridge have come from is only published for entrants under the age of 21. This is because the data collected is the previous educational provider that was attended by the entrant. Therefore, for mature students entering the University of Oxford or the University of Cambridge, this may relate to study subsequent to key stage 5.


Written Question
Higher Education: Students
Tuesday 2nd June 2020

Asked by: Neil O'Brien (Conservative - Harborough)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much (a) total income and (b) fee income each higher education institution received from (i) all students, (ii) UK students, (iii) all non-UK students, (iv) students from (A) China, (B) Macau and (C) Hong Kong in each year since 2009.

Answered by Michelle Donelan - Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology

The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) collects and publishes data on the finances of higher education providers[1] in the UK.

Income data by source at each UK higher education provider is available in Table 7 of HESA’s ‘Higher Education Provider Data: Finance’ pages for the academic years 2015/16 to 2018/19 at https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/finances/table-7.

More detailed information about income from tuition fees, such as the domicile status (UK, EU and non-EU) and the level of study it relates to, can be found in Table 6:
https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/finances/table-6.

Data prior to 2015/16 can be accessed through HESA’s publications archive at: https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/publications.

The drop-down ‘Finances of Higher Education Providers’ shows the list of historical publications going back to the academic year 1994/95. Largely equivalent information can be found in Tables 2 to 5 of each publication year.

The financial information available from HESA is not collected for specific countries of origin. An indication of the relative importance to each provider of students from China, Macau and Hong Kong over the past 5 years is available in Table 28 of HESA’s ‘Higher Education Student Data’ pages: https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/table-28.

[1] Since 2018/19, this includes both higher education (HEIs) and alternative providers (APs).


Written Question
Higher Education: Students
Tuesday 2nd June 2020

Asked by: Neil O'Brien (Conservative - Harborough)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much fee income each higher education institution received from (a) postgraduates, (b) UK postgraduates, (c) non-UK postgraduates and (d) postgraduates from (i) China, (ii) Macau and (iii) Hong Kong, in each year since 2009.

Answered by Michelle Donelan - Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology

The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) collects and publishes data on the finances of higher education providers[1] in the UK.

Income data by source at each UK higher education provider is available in Table 7 of HESA’s ‘Higher Education Provider Data: Finance’ pages for the academic years 2015/16 to 2018/19 at https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/finances/table-7.

More detailed information about income from tuition fees, such as the domicile status (UK, EU and non-EU) and the level of study it relates to, can be found in Table 6:
https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/finances/table-6.

Data prior to 2015/16 can be accessed through HESA’s publications archive at: https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/publications.

The drop-down ‘Finances of Higher Education Providers’ shows the list of historical publications going back to the academic year 1994/95. Largely equivalent information can be found in Tables 2 to 5 of each publication year.

The financial information available from HESA is not collected for specific countries of origin. An indication of the relative importance to each provider of students from China, Macau and Hong Kong over the past 5 years is available in Table 28 of HESA’s ‘Higher Education Student Data’ pages: https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/table-28.

[1] Since 2018/19, this includes both higher education (HEIs) and alternative providers (APs).


Written Question
Higher Education: Students
Tuesday 2nd June 2020

Asked by: Neil O'Brien (Conservative - Harborough)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) students, (b) undergraduates and (c) postgraduates there were studying at each higher education institution in each year since 2009; and how many of those students in each of those categories were from (i) the UK, (ii) the EU (iii) non-UK, non-EU countries, (iv) China, (v) Macau and (vi) Hong Kong in each of those years.

Answered by Michelle Donelan - Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology

The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) collects and publishes data on students enrolled in higher education.

Counts of student enrolments at each UK higher education institution (HEI) are available by level of study and region of domicile (UK, EU, non-EU) for the academic years 2014/15 to 2018/19 in Table 1 of HESA’s Higher Education Student Data pages: https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/table-1.

In addition, data is available by level of study and individual countries of domicile for the academic years 2014/15 to 2018/19 in Table 28 of HESA’s Student Data pages: https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/table-28.

Student enrolment data prior to 2014/15 can be accessed through HESA’s publications archive at https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/publications. The drop-down “Students in Higher Education” shows the list of historic publications going back to the academic year 1994/95. Equivalent information exists for Table 1 of each publication year.

Student enrolment data prior to 2014/15 by individual countries of domicile is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.


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Education (Guidance about Costs of School Uniforms) Bill

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