Claim: You are 2.5 times more likely to apply to university if you are wealthy than if you are disadvantaged in England. The same figure is 3.5 times in Scotland.
Fact-check: What is the gap in university applications for the most and least advantaged in Scotland? - Full Fact
Verdict: incorrect if you are looking at university application rates but pretty much correct for 2016 university entry rates . some care needs to be taken over these comparisons because of differences between higher education data in scotland and england.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Charlotte Browning
Date published: 2017-05-12T00:00:00