HC Deb 25 March 1971 vol 814 c195W
Mr. Whitlock

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what proportion of each age group in Nottingham schools in 1968–69 and 1969–70 took up new full-value awards at university; and what was the corresponding figure for England and Wales.

Mr. van Straubenzee

The best available figures are as follows:

New full value award holders entering university during the calendar years 1969 and 1970 per 1,000 of the age-group*.
1969 1970
Nottingham 51.0 49.2
England and Wales 68.3 72.2†
* An average of the numbers of those aged 18 and 19 in October of the respective years.
† Estimate.