HC Deb 11 February 2002 vol 380 c94W
John Mann

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of people in Bassetlaw have attended higher education; and what the national average is. [29389]

Margaret Hodge

The latest available figures from the local area labour force survey show that, in 2000–01, 18.3 per cent. of people of working age resident in the constituency of Bassetlaw held a qualification at degree level (or equivalent) or above, compared to 23.3 per cent. in the United Kingdom.