§ Mr. William Sheltonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what would be the additional cost if the parental contribution to the expenses
Standard Classification of Occupations Accepted home candidates (1) Economically active males aged 45–59 in Great Britain (2) Occupation of parent Order No. 1970 1973 1971 Clerical, sales, service, sport and recreation workers; Armed Forces. XXI-XXIII, XXVI … 28 26 21 Administration and managers XXIV … 14 14 7 Professional, technical workers and artists. XXV … 30 32 9 Other occupations I-XX … 28 28 63 Total … 100 100 100 Sources:
(1)UCCA Statistical Supplement to the Eleventh Report 1972–73.
(2)Office of Population, Censuses and Surveys.
Similar UCCA figures are available each year from 1968 onwards. For earlier years some information about the social class of university students was published in the report of the (Robbins) Committee on Higher Education. Appendix Two (B), Cmnd. 2154 II—I.