Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 17338

Higher Education: Admissions

Tabled: 9 July 2026

Answered: 17 July 2026

Question

Mike Wood

Conservative — Kingswinford and South Staffordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether POLAR4 is intended to measure socio-economic background.

Answer

Josh MacAlister

The Office for Students (OfS) publishes POLAR4 data and provides information on its website about this metric, available at: https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/data-and-analysis/young-participation-by-area/about-polar-and-adult-he/.The OfS states that P...

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