§ Mr. Peter Bruinvelsasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will provide figures for every third year since 1961–62, showing the number and the proportion (a) of all students entering higher education who are of working-class families and (b) of all school leavers who are of working-class families.
§ Mr. BrookeThe numbers and proportions of home university students with known social class accepted through the Universities Central Council on Admissions (UCCA), and who were from social groups IV and V for every third year since 1977 were as follows:
Year Number Percentage 1977 4,200 6.4 1980 3,900 5.4 1983 4,400 7.1 Similar figures are not available for earlier years, nor for students in public sector higher education, nor for school leavers.