Assisted Place Pupils

HC Deb 11 February 1991 vol 185 cc322-3W

Mr. Dunn

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish in theOfficial Report the number of assisted place pupils who have entered higher and continuing education and the number who have entered Oxford and Cambridge colleges; and if he will show such figures for each full year as available.

Mr. Fallon

The numbers of APS pupils entering universities, polytechnics and other establishments of further and higher education is available for academic years 1988.89 onward and are shown in the table. Information is not collected on the particular institutions which pupils enter.

Destination of Assisted Pupil leavers
Academic Year	Numbers of assisted pupils1
	University	Polytechnic	FHE	Total	Total pupils leaving AP schools
1988–89	1,560	400	354	2,314	2,783
1989–902	1,822	432	611	2,865	3,670
1 Figures include both fifth and sixth form leavers.
2 Subject to confirmation.