HC Deb 01 May 2001 vol 367 cc556-61W
Mrs. May

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list those areas which are currently participating in the Excellence Challenge; and what percentage of undergraduate entrants from those areas are from social categories III, IV and V. [159001]

Mr. Wicks

[holding answer 26 April 2001]: The percentage of young accepted undergraduate applicants from social categories III, IV and V from each of the areas participating in the Excellence Challenge is shown in the following table.

UCAS home accepted applicants (aged 18 or 19): 2000 year of entry cycle by LEA of domicile (England) and social class
Sum of accepted applicant
Social class
LEA Professional Intermediate Skilled non-manual Skilled manual Partly skilled Unskilled Total
Knowsley 17 119 40 85 58 23 342
Lambeth 87 268 114 102 53 19 643
Lancashire1 675 1,968 497 728 360 92 4,320
Leeds 383 964 228 370 159 31 2,135
Leicester 127 298 131 220 249 64 1,089
Lewisham 106 273 111 83 49 10 632
Liverpool 143 491 166 256 101 33 1,190
Manchester 126 387 110 197 89 21 930
Medway Towns1 80 320 103 145 63 9 720
Middlesbrough 68 168 40 107 50 17 450
Newcastle upon Tyne 171 336 101 133 64 10 815
Newham 63 297 134 209 139 45 887
Norfolk1 387 1,021 246 356 155 28 2,193
North East Lincolnshire1 44 161 52 106 47 7 417
North Somerset1 154 333 96 80 33 1 697
North Tyneside 101 267 118 104 58 8 656
Northamptonshire1 304 1,049 237 342 180 41 2,153
Northumberland1 238 589 142 160 108 13 1,250
Nottingham 74 198 58 115 47 26 518
Nottinghamshire1 361 1,212 284 384 172 35 2,448
Oxfordshire1 592 1,184 227 293 125 22 2,443
Plymouth1 94 229 92 145 62 10 632
Redcar and Cleveland 45 153 50 110 34 16 408
Rochdale 79 284 74 127 66 28 658
Rotherham 78 299 71 129 52 14 643
Salford 61 209 53 84 42 6 455
Sandwell1 44 178 80 207 103 70 682
Sefton 147 524 188 228 90 19 1,196
Sheffield 282 598 159 198 78 19 1,334
Shropshire1 192 613 103 157 78 15 1,158
Slough1 48 132 55 102 90 35 462
Solihull2 186 475 95 126 58 6 946
Somerset1 278 878 203 235 125 23 1,742
South Tyneside 39 155 57 96 46 7 400
Southend on Sea1 69 208 71 61 26 7 442
Southwark 102 208 91 71 42 14 528
St. Helens1 66 265 78 155 58 12 634
Stockton on Tees 105 301 84 135 60 7 692
Stoke-on-Trent 50 194 50 128 56 18 496
Sunderland 68 310 96 149 70 13 706
Telford and the Wrekin1 58 213 65 74 46 15 471
Tower Hamlets 18 94 40 168 74 40 434
Trafford1 168 423 106 130 66 13 906
Wakefield1 108 373 91 160 69 8 809
Waltham Forest 63 279 121 177 76 27 743
Wandsworth 142 345 133 90 39 5 754
Westminster 91 211 71 61 34 10 478
Wigan1 93 394 104 128 74 13 806
Wirral 240 569 125 239 105 26 1,304
Wolverhampton1 93 289 86 208 114 74 864

Accepted applicant percentage
Social class
LEA Professional Intermediate Skilled non-manual Skilled manual Partly skilled Unskilled Total percentage
Barking 9.31 30.77 15.79 28.34 12.15 3.64 100
Barnsley1 12.69 38.64 11.36 22.73 12.88 1.70 100
Bedfordshire1 18.81 48.90 9.73 13.10 7.91 1.56 100
Birmingham 13.34 37.74 10.38 22.05 10.80 5.69 100
Blackburn with Darwen1 10.18 36.40 13.70 23.09 11.55 5.09 100
Bolton1 12.08 45.92 10.34 18.82 10.12 2.72 100
Bradford 11.77 41.65 10.73 21.28 7.56 7.01 100
Brent 13.28 35.05 17.13 23.13 8.42 3.00 100
Brighton and Hove1 19.18 49.56 7.99 17.23 4.44 1.60 100
Bristol 21.70 43.90 11.91 13.22 8.38 0.91 100
Bromley1 19.15 48.12 15.07 12.56 4.40 0.71 100

Accepted applicant percentage
Social class
LEA Professional Intermediate Skilled non-manual Skilled manual Partly skilled Unskilled Total percentage
Calderdale1 13.31 51.58 9.32 16.31 6.66 2.83 100
Camden 23.52 43.55 10.45 14.29 6.79 1.39 100
Cheshire1 20.82 49.97 8.93 12.18 7.40 0.70 100
City of Derby1 16.05 38.34 9.96 20.51 11.74 3.42 100
Cornwall1 14.34 47.10 10.50 17.44 8.72 1.89 100
Coventry1 13.71 38.04 8.41 21.92 14.81 3.10 100
Croydon1 17.08 45.30 17.15 14.04 5.60 0.83 100
Cumbria1 16.03 47.14 8.42 17.85 9.24 1.32 100
Derbyshire1 15.79 47.89 9.92 16.01 8.61 1.77 100
Dudley1 10.91 44.39 11.86 20.88 8.60 3.36 100
Durham1 14.95 45.34 11.34 15.86 9.74 2.78 100
Ealing 14.08 36.86 14.69 20.15 10.92 3.30 100
East Riding1 15.77 47.75 11.01 16.98 7.37 1.13 100
East Sussex1 18.39 50.85 10.02 14.50 5.24 1.00 100
Essex1 16.96 50.64 11.12 14.61 5.77 0.90 100
Gateshead 10.09 39.64 14.59 24.86 10.09 0.72 100
Gloucestershire1 19.11 46.41 13.18 12.32 7.90 1.07 100
Greenwich 14.69 44.27 14.12 18.32 6.68 1.91 100
Hackney 10.26 33.17 14.56 21.48 14.80 5.73 100
Halton 8.01 39.17 10.98 25.52 14.24 2.08 100
Hammersmith and Fulham 14.32 48.83 12.68 15.73 7.51 0.94 100
Hampshire1 20.51 48.39 11.78 12.98 5.58 0.76 100
Haringey 18.90 40.82 11.37 16.99 8.77 3.15 100
Hartlepol 10.16 35.55 10.94 28.13 11.33 3.91 100
Herefordshire1 15.98 53.75 10.18 12.45 5.94 1.70 100
Islington 19.69 38.93 13.20 17.45 8.50 2.24 100
Kensington and Chelsea 20.86 53.17 9.20 10.43 4.70 1.64 100
Kent1 17.23 48.73 12.93 13.32 6.34 1.45 100
Kingston 22.79 43.63 15.59 11.99 5.70 0.30 100
Knowsley 4.97 34.80 11.70 24.85 16.96 6.73 100
Lambeth 13.53 41.68 17.73 15.86 8.24 2.95 100
Lancashire1 15.63 45.56 11.50 16.85 8.33 2.13 100
Leeds 17.94 45.15 10.68 17.33 7.45 1.45 100
Leicester 11.66 27.36 12.03 20.20 22.87 5.88 100
Lewisham 16.77 43.20 17.56 13.13 7.75 1.58 100
Liverpool 12.02 41.26 13.95 21.51 8.49 2.77 100
Manchester 13.55 41.61 11.83 21.18 9.57 2.26 100
Medway Towns1 11.11 44.44 14.31 20.14 8.75 1.25 100
Middlesbrough 15.11 37.33 8.89 23.78 11.11 3.78 100
Newcastle upon Tyne 20.98 41.23 12.39 16.32 7.85 1.23 100
Newham 7.10 33.48 15.11 23.56 15.67 5.07 100
Norfolk1 17.65 46.56 11.22 16.23 7.07 1.28 100
North East Lincolnshire1 10.55 38.61 12.47 25.42 11.27 1.68 100
North Somerset1 22.09 47.78 13.77 11.48 4.73 0.14 100
North Tyneside 15.40 40.70 17.99 15.85 8.84 1.22 100
Northamptonshire1 14.12 48.72 11.01 15.88 8.36 1.90 100
Northumberland1 19.04 47.12 11.36 12.80 8.64 1.04 100
Nottingham 14.29 38.22 11.20 22.20 9.07 5.02 100
Nottinghamshire1 14.75 49.51 11.60 15.69 7.03 1.43 100
Oxfordshire1 24.23 48.47 9.29 11.99 5.12 0.90 100
Plymouth1 14.87 36.23 14.56 22.94 9.81 1.58 100
Redcar and Cleveland 11.03 37.50 12.25 26.96 8.33 3.92 100
Rochdale 12.01 43.16 11.25 19.30 10.03 4.26 100
Rotherham 12.13 46.50 11.04 20.06 8.09 2.18 100
Salford 13.41 45.93 11.65 18.46 9.23 1.32 100
Sandwell1 6.45 26.10 11.73 30.35 15.10 10.26 100
Sefton 12.29 43.81 15.72 19.06 7.53 1.59 100
Sheffield 21.14 44.83 11.92 14.84 5.85 1.42 100
Shropshire1 16.58 52.94 8.89 13.56 6.74 1.30 100
Slough1 10.39 28.57 11.90 22.08 19.48 7.58 100
Solihull2 19.66 50.21 10.04 13.32 6.13 0.63 100
Somerset1 15.96 50.40 11.65 13.49 7.18 1.32 100
South Tyneside 9.75 38.75 14.25 24.00 11.50 1.75 100
Southend on Sea1 15.61 47.06 16.06 13.80 5.88 1.58 100
Southwark 19.32 39.39 17.23 13.45 7.95 2.65 100
St. Helens1 10.41 41.80 12.30 24.45 9.15 1.89 100
Stockton on Tees 15.17 43.50 12.14 19.51 8.67 1.01 100
Stoke-on-Trent 10.08 39.11 10.08 25.81 11.29 3.63 100
Sunderland 9.63 43.91 13.60 21.10 9.92 1.84 100
Telford and the Wrekin1 12.31 45.22 13.80 15.71 9.77 3.18 100

Accepted applicant percentage
Social class
LEA Professional Intermediate Skilled non-manual Skilled manual Partly skilled Unskilled Total percentage
Tower Hamlets 4.15 21.66 9.22 38.71 17.05 9.22 100
Trafford1 18.54 46.69 11.70 14.35 7.28 1.43 100
Wakefield1 13.35 46.11 11.25 19.78 8.53 0.99 100
Waltham Forest 8.48 37.55 16.29 23.82 10.23 3.63 100
Wandsworth 18.83 45.76 17.64 11.94 5.17 0.66 100
Westminster 19.04 44.14 14.85 12.76 7.11 2.09 100
Wigan1 11.54 48.88 12.90 15.88 9.18 1.61 100
Wirral 18.40 43.63 9.59 18.33 8.05 1.99 100
Wolverhampton1 10.76 33.45 9.95 24.07 13.19 8.56 100
1 Denotes Education Action Zones. Only schools within LEAs who are part of the Education Action Zone are participating in the Excellence Challenge
2This Excellence in City Partnership consists of only three of the LEA's schools