§ 93. Mr. Shortasked the Minister of Education what percentage of school leavers from secondary modern schools and secondary grammar schools, respectively, enter the mining industry.
§ Miss HorsbrughI am informed by my right hon. Friend the Minister of Fuel and Power that in the calendaryear 1951, which is the only year for which the figures in question were recorded, 9,208 boys leaving secondary modern schools and 484 boys leaving secondary grammar schools, entered the coalmining industry. These represented about 5.1 per cent. and 1 per cent. respectively of boys leaving these schools in the educational year ending 31st July, 1951.