§ Mr. McNamaraTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will list the percentage of successful applicants to the Civil Service Selection Board who were educated at(a) public school, (b) Oxford University and (c) Cambridge University in each year since 1997. [50571]
§ Mr. LeslieThe Civil Service Selection Board does not record the schools that Fast Stream applicants have attended. Annex D of the annually published Fast Stream Recruitment Report provides an analysis by university of first degree of candidates each year. This data shows that the percentages of successful applicants who were educated at Oxford and Cambridge universities were as follows:
Percentage Oxford Cambridge 1997 18.4 15.9 1998 17.4 17.0 1999 14.1 16.0 2000 17.8 14.3