§ Lord James Douglas-Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what percentage of school leavers in England went on to university in each year from 1960 until 1975, giving the exact percentage for each year.
§ Mr. Gerry FowlerThe percentage of leavers from schools in England going to university from 1960 to 1974 was as follows:
Year of leaving school Per cent. 1959–601 … … … 2.61 1960–61 … … … 3.84 1961–62 … … … … 1962–63 … … … 3.56 1963–64 … … … 3.80 1964–65 … … … 5.28 1965–66 … … … 5.47 1966–67 … … … 5.79 1967–68 … … … 6.01 1968–69 … … … 5.92 1969–70 … … … 5.99 1970–71 … … … 6.06 1971–72 … … … 5.77 1972–732 … … … 8.54 1973–74 … … … 5.57 1 excluding independent schools. 2 year of raising of school leaving age to 16. The information for 1961–62 was produced only for England and Wales.
The 1974–75 survey of school leavers is still being analysed.