§ Lord Skidelskyasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will give the figures for the proportion of students entering Oxford and Cambridge universities from independent and state schools respectively every year since 1960. [HL2549]
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Education and Skills (Baroness Ashton of Upholland):The latest available information is shown in the table below.
Comparable data for earlier years are not held centrally.
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Acceptances to Oxford and Cambridge Universities by previous educational establishment of which, percentage from Total Acceptances1 Maintained schools and colleges Independent schools2 Other3 Total 1983 2,899 44 46 10 100 1984 2,985 39 49 12 100 1985 3,098 39 50 10 100 1986 3,129 35 50 16 100 1987 3,020 41 47 13 100 1988 2,933 43 45 12 100 1989 3,013 47 43 11 100 1990 3,117 44 44 11 100 1991 3,015 48 47 5 100 1992 3,052 46 44 10 100 1993 3,068 45 45 9 100 1994 3,095 46 46 9 100 1995 2,989 53 47 n.a. 100 1996 2,767 55 45 n.a. 100 1997 3,001 54 46 n.a. 100 1998 2,982 53 47 n.a. 100 1999 2,985 55 45 n.a. 100 2000 2,999 55 45 n.a. 100 2001 3,088 56 44 n.a. 100 2002 3,053 57 43 n.a. 100 Source:
UCAS from 1995 to 2002 andOxford Gazette and the Cambridge Reporterfrom 1970 to 1994.
Percentages may not sum to totals because of rounding. N.a. = not applicable.
1Figures for 1994 and earlier years include overseas students who cannot be separately identified. Figures since 1995 cover UK domiciled students only.
2Includes direct grant schools in years prior to 1982.
3Includes overseas students in the years up to 1994; and, (for Cambridge in years prior to 1987, and Oxford in years prior to 1978), students from Scotland and Northern Ireland whose school type was not specified.