§ Mr. Andrew F. Bennettasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish in the Official Report the equivalent of table 3.12.9 in the public expenditure White Paper (Cmnd. 56), "Age Participation Index and Qualified Participation Index", for universities only.
§ Mr. WaldenThe information is shown in the table:
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API and QPI for universities in Great Britain Academic year beginning Age participation index1 (API) Qualified participation index2 (QPI) Actual 1981 7.2 47.7 1982 6.8 44.4 1983 6.6 40.7 1984 6.8 41.3 19853 7.0 41.8
Academic year beginning Age participation index1 (API) Qualified participation index2 (QPI) Projection P 1986 7.0 41.8 1987 7.1 41.7 1988 7.1 41.7 1989 7.4 41 .7 Projection Q 1986 7.1 42.1 1987 7.3 42.4 1988 7.4 42.9 1989 7.7 43.3 1The API is defined as the number of initial home entrants aged under 21 expressed as a percentage of the average of the number of 18 and 19-year-olds in the population. 2The QPI is defined as the number of initial home entrants aged under 21 expressed as a percentage of the number of qualified school and FE leavers in the previous academic year. 3Provisional.