Higher Education

HC Deb 07 July 2003 vol 408 cc621-2W

Huw Irranca-Davies

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the annual change has been for each of the last 10 years in the proportions of students from different socio-economic backgrounds(a) entering higher education, (b) completing each year

Age participation index (API)1 by social class 1991–2001
Percentages
	Year of entry
Social class	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
I	55	71	73	78	80	82	79	72	73	76	79
II	36	39	42	45	46	47	48	45	45	48	50
IIIn	22	27	29	31	31	32	31	29	30	33	33
IIIm	11	15	17	18	18	18	19	18	18	19	21
IV	12	14	16	17	17	17	18	17	17	19	18

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