Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many additional students entered higher education in 2014-15 as a result of the increase in the cap on student numbers announced in the 2014 Autumn Statement.

Statistics on the number of students starting higher education courses in academic year 2013/14 are published by the Higher Education Statistics Agency. The data can be secured at the following link. https://www.hesa.ac.uk

The Higher Education Statistics Agency will publish data on Higher Education entrants and enrolments for 2014/15 in January 2016.