Higher Education: East of England: 28 Oct 2009: Written answers and statements (TheyWorkForYou.com)

Higher Education: East of England

Business, Innovation and Skills

Written answers and statements, 28 October 2009

Richard Spring (West Suffolk, Conservative)

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many people aged (a) 21 years and under and (b) over 21 years old in each socio-economic group resident in (i) West Suffolk constituency, (ii) Suffolk and (iii) the East of England attended university in each of the last five years.

David Lammy (Minister of State (Higher Education and Intellectual Property), Department for Business, Innovation and Skills; Tottenham, Labour)

The latest available information from the Higher Education Statistics Agency is shown in Tables 1 to 3. The figures are shown for full-time undergraduate entrants as socio-economic class (SEC) information is not available for part-time higher education students. Figures are provided for entrants aged under 21, and 21 and over as the socio-economic class data have a different basis for these two distinct age groups. Socio-economic class is based on occupation information: those aged under 21 provide their parent's occupation, and those aged 21 and over provide their own occupation.

Figures for the 2008-09 academic year will be available from the Higher Education Statistics Agency in January 2010.

Table 1: Full-t ime undergraduate entrants from West Suffolk parliamentary constituency^{( 1)} — UK h igher education institutions^{( 2)} : Academic years 2003-04 to 2007-08
	2003-04		2004-05		2005-06		2006-07		2007-08
Socio economic classification	Under 21	21 and over	Under 21	21 and over	Under 21	21 and over	Under 21	21 and over	Under 21	21 and over
Higher managerial and professional occupations	55	5	50	5	50	0	55	5	55	0
Lower managerial and professional occupations	55	5	80	5	70	5	85	0	100	15
Intermediate occupations	30	5	25	5	35	5	30	5	45	10
Small employers and own account workers	10	0	20	0	30	0	20	0	20	0
Lower supervisory and technical occupations	10	0	15	0	15	0	20	0	20	0
Semi-routine occupations	20	5	30	5	30	10	30	5	35	5
Routine occupations	5	0	15	5	15	0	15	0	20	10
Missing⁽³⁾	60	40	50	55	65	55	70	35	85	30
⁽¹⁾ The table does not include entrants whose constituency cannot be established due to missing or invalid home postcodes. ⁽²⁾ Excludes the Open University due to inconsistencies in their coding of entrants across the time series. ⁽³⁾ Includes those classified as "Never worked and long-term unemployed", "Not classified" and "Missing". Note : Figures are based on a HESA standard registration population and have been rounded to the nearest five. Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA).

Table 2: Full-time undergraduate entrants from Suffolk local authority^{( 1)} —UK higher education institutions^{( 2)} : Academic years 2003-04 to 2007-08
	2003-04		2004-05		2005-06		2006-07		2007-08
Socioeconomic classification	Under 21	21 and over	Under 21	21 and over	Under 21	21 and over	Under 21	21 and over	Under 21	21 and over
Higher managerial and professional occupations	530	20	515	25	565	20	550	20	665	25
Lower managerial and professional occupations	645	45	725	35	745	40	740	35	855	100
Intermediate occupations	245	35	265	30	285	35	255	30	340	70
Small employers and own account workers	140	10	160	10	170	15	190	10	200	20
Lower supervisory and technical occupations	105	5	105	10	115	5	95	5	165	20
Semi-routine occupations	165	30	185	30	195	45	205	45	275	80
Routine occupations	90	15	120	10	90	20	105	15	170	55
Missing⁽³⁾	430	315	420	330	570	285	480	285	655	375
⁽¹⁾ The table does not include entrants whose local authority cannot be established due to missing or invalid home postcodes. ⁽²⁾ Excludes the Open University due to inconsistencies in their coding of entrants across the time series. ⁽³⁾ Includes those classified as "Never worked and long-term unemployed", "Not classified" and "Missing". Note : Figures are based on a HESA standard registration population and have been rounded to the nearest five. Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA).

Table 3: Full-time undergraduate entrants from East Government Office Region^{( 1)} —UK higher education institutions^{( 2)} : Academic years 2003-04 to 2007-08
	2003-04		2004-05		2005-06		2006-07		2007-08
Socioeconomic classification	Under 21	21 and over	Under 21	21 and over	Under 21	21 and over	Under 21	21 and over	Under 21	21 and over
Higher managerial and professional occupations	4,230	225	5,375	265	5,470	275	5,230	245	6,040	165
Lower managerial and professional occupations	5,970	715	6,110	535	6,305	635	6,050	575	6,905	530
Intermediate occupations	2,195	575	2,510	480	2,735	500	2,515	400	2,850	400
Small employers and own account workers	1,370	135	1,360	105	1,460	120	1,425	105	1,615	95
Lower supervisory and technical occupations	1,115	90	885	85	925	75	930	70	1,090	60
Semi-routine occupations	2,280	745	1,700	440	1,905	595	1,845	500	2,165	575
Routine occupations	1,375	280	745	130	765	180	875	185	985	190
Missing⁽³⁾	5,285	5,545	4,495	4,780	5,315	4,580	4,805	4,245	6,010	4,090
⁽¹⁾ The table does not include entrants whose Government office region cannot be established due to missing or invalid home postcodes. ⁽²⁾ Excludes the Open University due to inconsistencies in their coding of entrants across the time series. ⁽³⁾ Includes those classified as "Never worked and long-term unemployed", "Not classified" and "Missing". Note : Figures are based on a HESA standard registration population and have been rounded to the nearest five. Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA).

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