HC Deb 18 July 2003 vol 409 cc744-5W
Mr. Clappison

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many pupils in receipt of assisted places to independent schools have been admitted to Russell Group Universities in each year since 1997. [118039]

Alan Johnson

The information is not held centrally. Figures published by the Universities and Colleges Admission Service (UCAS) show the number of students accepted for entry to HE who came from independent schools, but do not indicate whether or not they had received an assisted place.