the age range 20 - 25 years. Of those 13 applicants, 9 were approved by the Committee and 4 were refused. 142 were made by applicants within the age range 26 – 30 years. Of those 142 applicants, 98 were approved by the Committee, 7 were deferred and 37 were refused. 90 applications were received by applicants in the age range 31 – 35 years. Of those applications, 64 were approved by the Committee, 6 were deferred and 20 were refused. 46 were made by applicants within the age range 36 – 40 years. Of those 46 applicants, 37 were approved by the Committee, 4 were deferred and 5 were refused. 40 were made by applicants within the age range 41 - 45 years. Of those 40 applicants, 26 were approved by the Committee, 2 were deferred and 12 were refused. 13 were made by applicants within the age range 46 - 50 years. Of those 13 applicants, 7 were approved by the Committee, 2 were deferred and 4 were refused. 9 were made by applicants within the age range 51 - 55 years. Of those 9 applicants, 4 were approved by the Committee, 1 was deferred and 4 were refused. The fewest applications were received from applicants aged 55 years and over, with only 3 applications being received. Of those applications, 2 were approved by the Committee and 1 was refused. A breakdown of the figures is shown below.


120 100 80 60 40 20 0


Approved Rejected Deferred


Code Descriptor W1 A2


PNS M2


W9 B2 A1 M1 B1 A9 B9 A3 M2 O2 21-25 26-30 31-35 36-40 41-45 46-50 51-55 56-60 60+


The following is a breakdown of the figures by age, excluding the deferred decisions:


Age


20-25 26-30 31-35 36-40 41-45 46-50 51-55 56-60


Percentage Accepted 69% 69% 71% 80% 65% 54% 44% 67%


42. Of the 356 applications considered by the Committee, there was information available on 274 candidates in relation to the ethnicity of the applicant. The largest proportion of applications was received from White British applicants, with 204 applications being received from applicants in this category. Of those 204 applications, 144 were approved by the Committee, 10 were deferred and 50 were refused. A summary of the figures appears below.


W2


160 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0


White British


Asian or Asian British – Pakistani


Prefer not to say


Mixed – White and Black African


White – other background


Black or Black British – African


Asian or Asian British - Indian


Mixed – White and Black Caribbean


Black or Black British - Caribbean


Asian or Asian British - Bangladeshi


Black or Black British – other background


Asian or Asian British - Bangladeshi


Mixed – White and Black African


Chinese or other ethnic group


White – Irish 4 1 1 4 1


Approved Rejected Deferred


Accepted Rejected Deferred 144 6


50 2


6 1


10 3 8 1 4 2 1 1 2 2 5 3 2 0 2 2 1 10


W1 A2 PNS M2 W9 B2 A1 M1 B1 A9 B9 A3 M2 02


43. Applications from non-white applicants were received in significantly smaller numbers. As a result these have been aggregated. For White British applicants 74% of applications were accepted and 26% rejected. For all other applicants 72% of applications were accepted and 28% rejected.


Meetings of the Committee


44. The Committee met 9 times in 2013. All meetings were conducted face to face.


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