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Mr. Flynn
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what plans he has to increase the percentage of students entering Oxford and Cambridge universities from state schools. [11716]
Dr. Howells
The universities of Oxford and Cambridge are, like all higher education institutions, responsible for their own admissions procedures and Ministers are prevented by law from intervening in such matters.