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To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many home-domiciled applicants aged under 21 there were to (a) full-time and (b) sandwich undergraduate courses in each of the last three years; and how many acceptances there were onto such courses, indicating (i) the proportion of the age...

Asked by

Lynne Jones (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Employment

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Written questions

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Answered

Tabled on

21 June 2000

For answer on

11 July 2000

Answered on

11 July 2000

Dr. Lynne Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many home-domiciled applicants aged under 21 there were to (a) full-time and (b) sandwich undergraduate courses in each of the last three years; and how many acceptances there were onto such courses, indicating (i) the proportion of the age group in each socio-economic group this represents and (ii) the proportion of acceptances that were (A) to former polytechnics and (B) accepted in an institution in the locality of the applicant's home address. [127724] Mr. Wicks: The available information is shown in the following table. Applicants and acceptances to full-time and sandwich undergraduate courses in the UK via the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) Home domiciled students aged under 21 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1997 1998 1999 Applicants 300,926 303,729 306,809 Acceptances 237,519 239,663 245,626 Percentage of acceptances to 35.2 35.5 35.1 former polytechnics Percentage of acceptances to 42.2 42.3 43.5 institutions in the applicant's home region{1} Participation rates by social class{ 2} Non-manual household head{4} 48 45 {3}45-46 Manual household head{5} 18 17 {3}17-18 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Based on Standard Statistical Regions in 1997 and Government office Regions in 1998 and 1999. Data at a more disaggregated geographical level are not available centrally. {2} Derived from the number of initial entrants to full-time undergraduate courses and population data from the 1991 census. {3} Provisional estimates. {4} Social Classes, I, II, IIIN (Professional, Intermediate, Skilled non-manual). {5} Classes IIIM, IV, V (Skilled manual, Partly skilled, Unskilled). The social class mix of the underlying population is taken directly from the 1991 Census. Over time this approach becomes less reliable, particularly at a disagreggated level and the social class groupings have therefore been aggregated. Over the period shown, participation rates of young people by social class have fluctuated in line with overall participation. These overall trends in part reflect a large increase in the size of the age-group and the decision by some students to pull forward their year of entry to higher education from 1998 to 1997 in advance of the introduction of fees. Over the same period the proportion of young students who come from the lower social classes (IIIM, IV, V) has remained constant at around 27 per cent. and the proportion who come from the higher social classes (I, II, IIIN) has remained at around 73 per cent.

Date

11 July 2000

Reference

127724; 353 c465W;353 c463W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, if he will list the numbers of (a) full-time and (b) sandwich undergraduates broken down by socio-economic categories A to E attending former polytechnics and colleges in 1995. - Inc table.

Asked by

Lynne Jones (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Employment

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Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

20 April 1998

For answer on

30 April 1998

Answered on

30 April 1998

Dr. Lynne Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list the numbers of (a) full-time and (b) sandwich undergraduates broken down by socio-economic categories A to E attending former polytechnics and colleges in 1995. [39423] Dr. Howells: The available data held centrally on full-time and sandwich undergraduate students by social classes A to E are provided in the table. Figures for full-time and sandwich students separately are not available. The table shows the numbers of accepted applicants to full-time and sandwich courses in former polytechnics and colleges who apply through the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS); however not all full-time and sandwich undergraduate students in these institutions enter through UCAS. Accepted applicants through UCAS to full-time and sandwich undergraduate courses in the former Polytechnics and Colleges{1} in the UK, by Social Class: Autumn 1995 entry Home domiciled, all ages _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Social class Numbers A. Professional 15,735 B. Intermediate 54,561 C1. Skilled non-manual 17,860 C2. Skilled manual 27,838 D. Partly skilled 13,174 E. Unskilled 3,578 Not Known 18,720 Total 151,466 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} All institutions other than the former UFC funded institutions.

Date

30 April 1998

Reference

311 c209W; 39423

House

House of Commons

Written question

Give no of children from blue collar worker families as % of whole, who gained entry to universities & polytechnics in each year from 1970 to date. - Includes figures

Asked by

Bob Dunn (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Education and Science

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

4 November 1988

Reference

139 c783W;139 c779W

House

House of Commons

Written question

What % of children whose father's occupation is given as being in social class III, IV & V were university or polytechnic students undertaking degree courses in 1986 & what were comparable figures in 1958, 1961, 1971 & 1981

Asked by

Nicholas Bennett (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Education and Science

Type

Written questions

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Answered

Date

3 February 1988

Reference

126 c624W;126 c623-4W

House

House of Commons

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