§ Mr. Crossmanasked the Minister of Education the number of girls who left all types of schools in England and Wales during each of the years between 1938 and 1958 at the ages of 15, 16, 17 and 18 years.
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§ Mr. Geoffrey LloydThe following table gives the available information. No information is available for schools other
GIRLS LEAVING GRANT-AIDED SCHOOLS Age at leaving Year ended 31st July 14* 15* 16 17 18 19+ 1938† … … 223,698 17,596 18,750‡ 6,558 4,695 401 1947§ … … 115,113 17,564 23,346 9,417 6,057 798 1948§ … … — 96,481 26,085 10,009 7,848 815 1949 … … — 186,483 26,878 9,758 8,649 1,020 1950 … … — 191,024 28,628 9,438 8,076 1,007 1951 … … — 190,703 29,948 9,115 7,904 828 1952 … … — 191,551 29,889 9,442 7,834 822 1953 … … — 193,961 30,273 10,484 8,004 826 1954 … … — 192,225 31,485 10,644 9,711 869 1955 … … — 184,179 32,686 10,890 10,709 1,071 1956 … … — 172,113 32,281 11,209 11,573 1,042 1957 … … — 187,603 33,318 11,423 12,120 1,336 * Including some younger children whose birthdays fell in the school holidays. † Year ending 31st March, 1938 for public elementary schools, 31st July, 1938 for other schools ‡ Including a few pupils over 16 from public elementary schools. § The minimum leaving age was raised to 15 on 1st April, 1947.