§ 22. Mr. Brooksasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether his Department continues to obtain the annual statistics of 11-plus performances in each primary school where the examination is still held.
§ Miss BaconThe Department has never made a practice of collecting annual statistics about 11-plus results.
§ Mr. BrooksIn view of the fact that the local authorities do, could my right hon. Friend explain why parents appear to have no right of information about the 11-plus, particularly since information about the 18-plus and the 21-plus is made freely available by schools, not least the public schools, and the universities?
§ Miss BaconIt would be invidious to publish statistics of individual passes of the 11-plus. I would rather devote my energies to bringing an end to the 11-plus altogether. My hon. Friend will be pleased to know that recently we have been considering the reorganisation proposals in the area which he has in mind, and his local authority will be given the result in the next few days.