Business, Innovation and Skills written question – answered at on 7 January 2014.
Peter Aldous
Conservative, Waveney
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many pupils entitled to free school meals went to (a) Russell Group Universities and (b) the University of Oxford or the University of Cambridge in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012 and (iv) 2013.
David Willetts
Minister of State (Universities and Science)
The estimated numbers of pupils with free school meals who progressed to Russell Group institutions, Oxford and Cambridge by age 19 are shown in the following table:
| Estimated number of pupils from maintained schools in England with free school meals at age 15 who progressed to Russell Group institutions, Oxford and Cambridge by age 191 | ||
| In HE by age 19 in 2009-10 | In HE by age 19 in 2010-11 | |
| Russell Group2 | 1,580 | 1,540 |
| Oxford | 15 | 15 |
| Cambridge | 25 | 25 |
| 1 Numbers are rounded to the nearest 5. 2 Current (post 2012) membership of the Russell Group. Source: Matched data from the DFE National Pupil Database, the HESA Student Record and the SFA ILR | ||
Figures are not available after 2010-11.
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