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Dept for Education and Skills

Answer

Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of school leavers in (a) Greater London and (b) each London borough went on to higher education in each year since 1997. [162334] Alan Johnson: The available information is taken from the Universities and college Admissions service (UCAS) and covers 18 year old applicants accepted through UCAS to full time first degree and HND courses. Figures are given in the table. Percentage of 18 year olds accepted for entry to HE through UCAS Percentage _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year of entry LEA 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Barking 10.2 9.8 9.4 10.3 11.4 13.6 Barnet 32.1 30.5 28.7 30.1 31.9 32.3 Bexley 17.3 18.8 15.9 18.1 18.3 20.3 Brent 26.5 25.6 28.4 29.2 30.7 34.2 Bromley 27.0 27.5 27.4 28.7 31.3 33.0 Camden 18.8 16.9 18.5 19.6 18.6 20.3 City of London1 -- -- -- -- -- -- Croydon 22.3 22.4 22.6 24.8 25.2 24.8 Ealing 23.8 23.4 26.3 26.5 27.7 29.4 Enfield 24.9 24.1 25.7 26.8 28.4 30.9 Greenwich 13.1 11.8 13.0 12.6 14.5 14.3 Hackney 11.2 10.4 11.3 12.0 14.0 12.2 Hammersmith and Fulham 18.0 17.1 18.8 17.7 20.4 19.6 Haringey 17.6 17.5 18.3 19.3 18.0 20.4 Harrow 32.4 33.2 34.1 34.3 38.2 39.4 Havering 16.2 15.0 16.9 17.3 19.0 15.5 Hillingdon 20.2 22.0 21.4 22.1 23.5 27.0 Hounslow 22.6 23.4 21.5 25.5 25.6 27.4 Islington 12.3 13.5 12.7 16.1 16.3 16.1 Kensington and Chelsea 22.1 18.8 18.7 18.9 19.2 19.9 Kingston upon Thames 27.8 27.5 26.1 28.6 31.5 32.6 Lambeth 13.4 13.3 12.9 14.7 15.7 17.0 Lewisham 16.3 14.2 13.7 16.1 15.6 16.7 Merton 22.4 22.1 24.2 22.9 22.9 26.4 Newham 14.8 15.4 16.9 18.1 20.1 19.2 Redbridge 27.3 27.6 27.1 31.0 31.9 34.9 Richmond upon Thames 31.9 31.1 29.5 29.6 32.4 30.3 Southwark 12.6 11.2 14.1 13.5 14.8 15.7 Sutton 25.1 26.0 24.6 26.6 27.7 30.6 Tower Hamlets 9.8 10.8 11.5 13.3 14.6 14.6 Waltham Forest 18.7 17.4 18.5 20.1 21.0 21.6 Wandsworth 20.8 18.8 21.0 21.7 23.9 23.6 Westminster 17.0 16.7 16.2 14.3 16.2 17.0 Total Greater London 20.7 20.3 20.6 21.8 23.0 23.9 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 The effect of year on year fluctuations on a small population mean this method of calculating participation rates is unreliable for the City of London.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

420 c42-4W; 162334

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Admissions Greater London Higher education Local education authorities Students School leaving

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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