Written question asked by Pat Wall (Labour), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 1 December 1987. It was answered by Robert Jackson (Conservative) on Tuesday, 1 December 1987 on behalf of the Department of Education and Science.

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Untitled Written question

Question

What proportion of students in university & public sector higher education institutions, are from a manual working class background & what were figures in 1966 & 1976 - Incl ref to OPCS "Young Peoples intentions to Enter Higher Education" & Robbins report (Cmnd.2154)

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Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

123 c541W;123 c540-1W

Session

1987-88

Subjects

Higher education Universities Students Social class Working class

Contains statistics

Yes