§ 25 and 26. Mr. Morleyasked the Minister of Education (1) in which local education authority areas the percentage of 1416 children aged 13 receiving grammar school education to the total of children aged 13 in maintained and assisted schools in the area is less than 10 per cent, and between 10 and 15 per cent., respectively;
(2) in which local education authority areas the percentage of children receiving grammar school education to the total of children aged 13 in maintained and assisted schools in the area is between 25 and 35 per cent, and above 35 per cent., respectively.
§ Miss HorsbrughIn January, 1953, the numbers of local education authorities concerned in the four categories mentioned in the Questions were 7, 27, 23, and 10, respectively. This answer takes no account of children for whose grammar school education each authority provides in schools outside its own jurisdiction, but it includes places available to children from other areas. It does not, therefore, give an accurate picture of the degree of opportunity open to children in each area to obtain a grammar school education.
I will circulate in the OFFICIAL REPORT a statement of the areas concerned.
§ Mr. MorleyWhat action is the right hon. Lady taking in the case of local authorities that have not many grammar school places to offer to ensure that they should have grammar school courses in their modern secondary schools?
§ Miss HorsbrughI am hoping to have before long fuller information about the degree of opportunity there is for children in each area. I would remind the hon. Gentleman that a good many things have to be taken into consideration, such as the need for other types of secondary education and the availability of places at schools not maintained or assisted by the local education authority.
§ Mr. SnowIs the right hon. Lady aware that there is some disquiet about the allocation of grammar school places not merely within the area of a local education authority, but within the divisional area as a whole? It seems to be the case, certainly in Staffordshire, that where there is a grammar school the greater is the number of places allotted within the immediate vicinity, and that places where there is not a grammar school have a much smaller share of the available places. Would the right hon. Lady look into that?
§ Miss HorsbrughYes. I have already looked into some cases that have been brought to my notice. I think it would be better if the hon. Gentleman took the matter up with the local education authority.
| Less than10 per cent. | Between 10per cent, and15 per cent. | Between25 per cent, and 35 per cent. | 35 per cent, and over |
| Blackburn | Barnsley | ENGLAND | ENGLAND |
| Bolton | Bedfordshire | Bradford | Gloucester |
| Gateshead | Birmingham | Canterbury | Westmorland |
| Isles of Scilly | Bristol | Cornwall | |
| Rutland | Coventry | Darlington | WALES |
| Salford | Dudley | Devon | Breconshire |
| West Bromwich | Durham | Dorset | Caernarvonshire |
| Essex | Eastbourne | Cardiganshire | |
| Isle of Wight | Gloucestershire | Carmarthenshire | |
| Liverpool | Huntingdonshire | Denbighshire | |
| Manchester | Isle of Ely | Merionethshire | |
| Newcastle-upon-Tyne | Lincoln | Montgomeryshire | |
| Norfolk | Peterborough Joint Board | Pembrokeshire. | |
| Northumberland | Southend-on-Sea | ||
| Nottingham | Wallasey | ||
| Nottinghamshire | York | ||
| Preston | |||
| Reading | WALES | ||
| St. Helens | Cardiff | ||
| Sheffield | Flintshire | ||
| Staffordshire | Glamorgan | ||
| Stoke-on-Trent | Merthyr Tydfil | ||
| Suffolk West | Monmouthshire | ||
| Sunderland | Newport (Mon.) | ||
| Wakefield | Radnorshire | ||
| Warrington | Swansea | ||
| West Hartlepool |