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Law: Higher Education

Asked by Jim ShannonDemocratic Unionist PartyDepartment for EducationTabled Answered 28 April 2025UIN 44445

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of the uptake of law degrees in the last five years.

Answered by Janet Daby

There has been a 6.3% increase in the number of entrants into UK higher education providers studying law across all levels and modes of study between 2019/20 and 2023/24.

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