HC Deb 15 February 1968 vol 758 cc405-6W
Mr. Hornby

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will state the percentage of the relevant age group, showing men and women separately, entering universities in Great Britain in each of the last 10 years.

Mr. Gordon Walker:

The number of entrants (including entrants from over- seas) expressed as percentages of the numbers of persons in Great Britain in the relevant age group were as follows:

Percentage of Relevant Age Group
Academic Year Men Women Total
1957–58 … … 6.5 2.2 4.4
1958–59 … … 6.7 2.3 4.5
1959–60 … … 6.7 2.4 4.5
1960–61 … … 6.5 2.5 4.5
1961–62 … … 6.4 2.6 4.5
1962–63 … … 6.3 2.6 4.5
1963–64 … … 6.4 2.7 4.6
1964–65 … … 6.7 3.0 4.9
1965–66 … … 8.2 3.5 5.9
1966–67 … … 8.4 3.7 6.1