Higher Education Mr. Rob Wilson To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what proportion of university students have parents in the (a) A, (b) B, (c) C, (d) C1, (e) D and (f) E social groupings. Bill Rammell The latest available information is shown in the table. The figures include acceptances on full-time undergraduate courses in the academic year 2006/07 for students who applied through the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS). They do not include acceptances on full-time undergraduate courses for students who applied directly to higher education institutions or part-time undergraduate courses. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Number |Percentage2| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1. Higher managerial and professional occupations |48,529 |22.7 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2. Lower managerial and professional occupations |66,823 |31.2 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |3. Intermediate occupations |30,649 |14.3 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |4. Small employers and own account workers |15,926 |7.4 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |5. Lower supervisory and technical occupations |10,030 |4.7 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |6. Semi-routine occupations |29,309 |13.7 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |7. Routine occupations |12,577 |5.9 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Total known |213,843|100.0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |8. Unknown |75,386 |— | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Total |289,229|— | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1 NS-SEC was introduced in 2002/03 and replaced the previous classification based on six social class groups.2 Based on those whose NS-SEC is known.Source:Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS).| | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The latest data for English domiciled students applying for entry in 2007 show that the proportion of students from lower socio-economic groups increased slightly compared to the corresponding data in 2006.