Higher Education
(asked on 4th June 2014) - View Source
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many undergraduate students were resident in (a) Bury St Edmunds, (b) Suffolk and (c) England and Wales in each of the last five years.
The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) collects and publishes data on students at UK Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). The number of undergraduate enrolments to UK HEIs, for students domiciled in Bury St Edmunds parliamentary constituency, Suffolk Local Authority and England and Wales prior to their course, has been provided in the following table.
Information for the 2013/14 academic year will become available from HESA in January 2015.
Undergraduate enrolments domiciled in Bury St Edmunds Parliamentary Constituency(1), Suffolk Local Authority and England and Wales, prior to their course
UK Higher Education Institutions(2)
Academic years 2008/09 to 2012/13
| 2008/09 | 2009/10 | 2010/11 | 2011/12 | 2012/13 |
Bury St Edmunds Parliamentary Constituency | 2,890 | 3,045 | 3,125 | 3,210 | 2,860 |
Suffolk Local Authority | 17,020 | 17,885 | 17,645 | 17,975 | 16,340 |
England and Wales | 1,463,160 | 1,501,560 | 1,490,205 | 1,501,070 | 1,379,775 |
Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) Student Record
Notes: Figures are based on a HESA standard registration population and have been rounded to the nearest five, so components may not sum to totals.
(1) Parliamentary constituency is derived from the student's postcode. Data for 2010/11 onwards is based on the revised boundaries since the 2010 General Election.
(2) Includes students attending Open University.