Part of 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education – in the Senedd at 1:46 pm on 13 December 2017.
With all due respect, if we have got limited numbers of people applying to go to those universities, we can't hope to raise the number that are offered and hopefully go on to accept a place. What's really important to me is that Welsh students' aspirations are raised so they feel confident enough to make those applications to Oxford, to Cambridge, to medical schools, to veterinary schools. I will write to the Member because I do not have the exact figures to hand. Given his—very rightly so—commitment to making sure that ministerial answers are absolutely correct, I will write to the Member with the absolute figures.