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Sir Teddy Taylor
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many pupils were accepted into each university from (a) private schools and (b) state schools for each year since 1970. [8772]
Dr. Howells
The information requested is not compiled centrally. Available information at the sector level is published in the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service annual report, the latest of which shows the following:
| Previous educational establishment of home applicants accepted for 1996 entry in the UK | ||
| HND/dipHE courses | Degree courses | |
| Maintained (incl sixth form colleges) | 6,791 | 112,440 |
| Independent | 742 | 29,264 |
| Other1 | 9,286 | 69,658 |
| Not known | 4,967 | 35,141 |
| Total | 21,786 | 246,503 |
| 1 Includes further education institutions, higher education institutions and other establishments. | ||
| Table 1: Numbers of claimants, postal claimants and the percentage of total claimants using the postal facility | |||||||||
| 1995 | 2nd quarter | 3rd quarter | 4th quarter | ||||||
| Regions | Total claimants | Postal claimants | Percentage of total signing by post | Total claimants | Postal claimants | Percentage of total signing by post | Total claimants | Postal claimants | Percentage of total signing by post |
| London and South-east | 722,000 | 32,230 | 4.5 | 732,000 | 32,811 | 4.5 | 688,000 | 29,663 | 4.3 |
| South-west | 164,000 | 17,669 | 10.8 | 164,000 | 15,964 | 9.7 | 158,000 | 15,478 | 9.8 |
| West Midlands | 209,000 | 4,462 | 2.1 | 215,000 | 4,472 | 2.1 | 196,000 | 4,116 | 2.1 |
| East Midlands and Eastern | 214,000 | 21,094 | 9.9 | 215,000 | 17,353 | 8.1 | 200,000 | 12,285 | 6.1 |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | 206,000 | 12,244 | 5.9 | 211,000 | 12,154 | 5.8 | 198,000 | 11,935 | 6.0 |
| North-west | 253,000 | 5,085 | 2.0 | 257,000 | 4,804 | 1.9 | 238,000 | 4,215 | 1.8 |
| Northern | 147,000 | 4,703 | 3.2 | 149,000 | 4,539 | 3.0 | 143,000 | 4,272 | 3.0 |
| Office for Wales | 105,000 | 9,869 | 9.4 | 110,000 | 9,957 | 9.1 | 104,000 | 9,825 | 9.4 |
| Office for Scotland | 201,000 | 27,570 | 13.7 | 211,000 | 26,966 | 12.8 | 193,000 | 26,926 | 14.0 |
| 1996 | 1st quarter | 2nd quarter | ||||
| Regions | Total claimants | Postal claimants | Percentage of total signing by post | Total claimants | Postal claimants | Percentage of total signing by post |
| London and South-east | 704,000 | 28,298 | 4.0 | 660,000 | 24,382 | 3.7 |
| South-west | 167,000 | 15,450 | 9.3 | 150,000 | 11,506 | 7.7 |
| West Midlands | 205,000 | 4,067 | 2.0 | 193,000 | 3,320 | 1.7 |
| East Midlands and Eastern | 217,000 | 9,882 | 4.6 | 200,000 | 8,230 | 4.1 |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | 211,000 | 12,239 | 5.8 | 194,000 | 10,726 | 5.5 |
| North-west | 253,000 | 4,427 | 1.7 | 238,000 | 3,787 | 1.6 |
| Northern | 148,000 | 4,408 | 3.0 | 138,000 | 4,034 | 2.9 |
| Office for Wales | 111,000 | 9,855 | 8.9 | 103,000 | 9,026 | 8.8 |
| Office for Scotland | 208,000 | 29,855 | 14.4 | 197,000 | 26,196 | 13.3 |
Source:
Postal Claimants—Resources Monitoring System Database.
Total claimants; Department of Social Security—rounded to the nearest thousand.