Our ref: FOI/2022/024
Freedom of Information Team
Legal & Governance
Name: Peter Simons
University of Liverpool
By email to:
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Foundation Building
765 Brownlow Hil
Liverpool
L69 7ZX
16 February 2022
E xxx@xxxxxxxxx.xx.xx
https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/legal/
Dear Mr Simons,
Your request for information received on 18 January 2022 has now been considered. A response to your
enquiry is provided below.
Please may you provide the data for fol owing requests regarding the past 3 complete application cycles for
home domicile students applying to the A100 Medicine course:
The number of applicants, applicants interviewed, applicants given an offer
Entry year
2021-22
2020-21
2019-2020
Total applicants
3720
2397
2787
Total interviews
2051
1939
1928
Total offers made
596
923
1060
The average UCAT score of applicants, applicants interviewed, applicants given an offer
2021-22
2020-21
2019-2020
Average UCAT score for applicant
2590
2580
2620
Average UCAT score for interview
2646
2616
2621
Average UCAT score for offer
2649
2627
2622
Details on the selection process for inviting applicants to interview and then being given offer including but
not limited to any internal scoring system or ranking process of applicants or admission exam cut off score
Further to Section 1 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) we can confirm that the University
holds information; however, it is withheld because it fal s under the exemption provided by Section 21 of
the FOIA relating to “Information reasonably accessible to the applicant by other means”.
The information is available on the University’s website at www.liverpool.ac.uk/medicine/study-with-
us/undergraduate/admissions-information/ .
Section 21 is an absolute exemption and therefore not subject to the public interest test. This acts as our
Refusal Notice.
If you are unhappy with the way we have handled your request for information, you have a right under
Section 50 of the Freedom of Information Act to ask the University to review it; however, you must do so
within 40 working days of the date of this response. Your request should include our reference number and
explain the reason for requesting a review. Email xxx@xxxxxxxxx.xx.xx or write to the Freedom of Information
Reviewer, Legal & Governance, University of Liverpool, Foundation Building, 765 Brownlow Hill, Liverpool
L69 7ZX. We will respond to your request for an internal review within 20 working days of receipt.
Following an internal review, if you remain dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have a right to
appeal to the Information Commissioner at The Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water
Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF. Telephone: 0303 123 1113 www.ico.org.uk.
There is no charge for making an appeal.
Yours sincerely
Kirsty Rothwell
Kirsty Rothwell
Freedom of Information Officer / Data Protection Co-ordinator
Legal & Governance