§ Mr. Sean Hughesasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what information he has as to the 2W number of school leavers from the borough of Knowsley attending full-time degree courses at university in each year from 1976 to 1986; and if he will express these figures as a proportion of the number of students in secondary education in the borough of Knowsley for each of these years.
Mr. JacksonInformation in the form requested is not available. The table below covers all students who where in receipt of a mandatory or a full value discretionary award from the Knowsley local education authority and who are estimated to have been on first degree courses at university excluding teacher training. The table also relates the numbers of such students newly taking up an award to an average of the 18 and 19 year old population in Knowsley.
Knowsley local education authority mandatory and estimated full-value discretionary awards to students on first degree courses at university (excluding teacher training) Academic Years2 All award-holders of which New award-holders New award-holders per 1,0001population 1977–78 420 140 39 1978–79 453 167 46 1979–80 475 171 50 1980–81 474 141 40 1981–82 442 130 37 1982–83 414 115 32 1983–84 387 109 33 1984–85 330 85 26 1985–86 313 102 32 1Per 1,000 of the average of the 18 and 19 year old population. 2Comparable figures are not available for years before 1977–78.