Oxford University has demanded that No 10 issues a correction after David Cameron quoted "highly misleading" figures in an attack on the institution's admissions policies.
Mr Cameron described the university as ''disgraceful'' over statistics indicating that only one black British undergraduate won a place in 2009.
The Prime Minister made the comment as he attended a PM Direct event in North Yorkshire with his wife, Samantha.
But Oxford University immediately hit back at Mr Cameron for quoting what it dismissed as "incorrect" figures.
A spokeswoman for the university said the figure – which first emerged in a Freedom of Information request last year – only referred to UK undergraduates of black Caribbean origin starting courses in 2009/10.
There were an additional 26 students who said they were of black origin, and another 14 of mixed black descent.
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