§ Mr. SteinbergTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what percentage of school leavers have gone directly into higher education in each year since 1980. [19485]
§ Mr. ForthNumbers of school leavers going directly into higher education are not collected centrally. However, the proportion of young people entering full-time higher education has more than doubled since 1980 as shown in the following list.
- Academic year beginning in:
- 1980: 13
- 1981: 13
- 1982: 13
- 1983: 13
- 1984: 14
- 1985: 14
- 1986: 14
- 1987: 15
- 1988: 15
- 1989: 17
- 1990: 19
- 1991: 23
- 1992: 28
- 1993: 30
- 1994: 311
- 1Provisional.
Figures show the number of young—aged under 21 years—home domiciled initial entrants to higher education in Great Britain expressed as a percentage of the averaged 18 to 19-year-old population. Initial entrants are those entering a full-time course of higher education for the first time.