Question follow-through · 42449
Universities: Admissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of trends in the number of university applications in the last five years.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 31 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 2 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 9 Apr 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
31 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of trends in the number of university applications in the last five years.
2 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Apr 2025
Answer published
There has been a 5.9% increase in the number of main scheme UCAS applications between 2020 and 2024.Main scheme applications for UK students are up 7.7% but down 0.7% for international students.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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