HC Deb 27 January 1999 vol 324 c295W
Mr. Oaten

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what were the proportions of pupils from(a) comprehensive and (b) private schools who went on to university education in each of the last four years. [67141]

Mr. Mudie

[holding answer 25 January 1999]: The information is not available in the form requested. The table gives the prior educational establishment of students who accepted full-time and sandwich undergraduate places through the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS).

Students accepting places in higher education through UCAS by previous education establishment
Year of entry
1995 1996 1997 1998
Previous establishment
Independent 29,441 30,006 31,342 30,602
Maintained 90,074 94,049 100,226 103,310
Other/not known 146,021 144,234 171,750 164,308
Total 265,536 268,289 303,318 298,220
As percentage of total acceptances
Independent 11 11 10 10
Maintained 34 35 33 35
Other/not known 55 54 57 55