§ 72. Mr. Gowerasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he
The following is the information (all figures in thousands): Pupils aged 11 and over in January 1963 Estimated number of leavers going direct to universities, from schools in England and Wales England Wales England and Wales Oxford and Cambridge London Others All Universities Secondary modern and all-age 1,618.1 46.4 1,664.5 — — 0.03* 0.03* Comprehensive 167.2 11.8 179.0 0.03* 0.08* 0.35* 0.46* Maintained grammar 691.3 30.5 721.8 1.38 2.01 10.39 13.78 Direct grant grammar 94.9 1.7 96.6 0.81* 0.35* 2.45 3.61 Total 2,571.5 90.4 2,661.9 2.22 2.44 13.22 17.88 * The sample was not large enough to give a reliable indication of small numbers. For this reason the pupils, approximately 1,400 in number, who proceeded from schools in Wales to universities cannot with reasonable accuracy be classified either by types of schools or by universities. While all the figures of university entry are approximate, those asterisked are liable to particularly wide percentage errors.