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Sir D. Eccles
The number of day release students under 18 years of age enrolled in major establishments of further education in each of the 146 local education authority areas in England and Wales in the educational year 1959–60 is given in the table below. Analysis by the industry of the employer and by the subject of course is not available for each education authority separately, but some information on a national basis is given in Tables 66 and 62 (C) respectively of the Report of the Ministry of Education for 1959, Cmnd. 1088.
| DAY RELEASE STUDENTS UNDER 18 YEARS OF AGE ENGLAND AND WALES 1959–60 |
| — |
Boys |
Girls |
Total |
| I. ENGLISH COUNTIES |
|
|
|
| Bedfordshire |
2,362 |
771 |
3,133 |
| Berkshire |
1,154 |
226 |
1,380 |
| Buckinghamshire |
1,867 |
300 |
2,167 |
| Cambridgeshire |
1,027 |
272 |
1,299 |
| Cheshire |
2,739 |
383 |
3,122 |
| Cornwall |
903 |
114 |
1,017 |
| Cumberland |
695 |
83 |
778 |
| Derbyshire |
2,486 |
289 |
2,775 |
| Devon |
715 |
69 |
784 |
| Dorset |
854 |
92 |
946 |
| Durham |
3,283 |
364 |
3,647 |
| Essex |
4,723 |
1,224 |
5,947 |
| Gloucestershire |
1,526 |
354 |
1,880 |
| Hampshire |
708 |
114 |
822 |
| Herefordshire |
430 |
10 |
440 |
| Hertfordshire |
3,402 |
1,110 |
4,512 |
| Huntingdonshire |
73 |
18 |
91 |
| Isle of Ely |
91 |
16 |
107 |
| Isle of Wight |
366 |
10 |
376 |
| Isles of Scilly |
— |
— |
— |
| Kent |
4,587 |
1,139 |
5,726 |
| Lancashire |
6,469 |
1,436 |
7,905 |
| Leicestershire |
1,348 |
230 |
1,578 |
| Lines Holland |
7 |
33 |
40 |
| Lincs Kesteven |
524 |
161 |
685 |
| Lines Lindsey |
927 |
178 |
1,105 |
| Middlesex |
5,679 |
1,423 |
7,102 |
| Norfolk |
210 |
27 |
237 |
| Northamptonshire |
1,006 |
405 |
1,411 |
54W
| — |
Boys |
Girls |
Total |
| Northumberland |
1,332 |
150 |
1,482 |
| Nottinghamshire |
2,750 |
653 |
3,403 |
| Oxfordshire |
545 |
75 |
620 |
| Peterborough J.E.B. |
617 |
180 |
797 |
| Rutland |
— |
— |
— |
| Shropshire |
1,273 |
267 |
1,540 |
| Somerset |
1,596 |
658 |
2,254 |
| Staffordshire |
2,391 |
762 |
3,153 |
| Suffolk East |
275 |
10 |
285 |
| Suffolk West |
275 |
11 |
286 |
| Surrey |
3,861 |
1,158 |
5,019 |
| Sussex East |
228 |
7 |
235 |
| Sussex West |
1,459 |
187 |
1,646 |
| Warwickshire |
1,978 |
1,050 |
3,028 |
| Westmorland |
205 |
58 |
263 |
| Wiltshire |
1,560 |
304 |
1,864 |
| Worcestershire |
1,764 |
589 |
2,353 |
| Yorks East Riding |
124 |
17 |
141 |
| Yorks North Riding |
632 |
68 |
700 |
| Yorks West Riding |
3,431 |
379 |
3,810 |
| TOTAL (Exc. London) |
76,007 |
17,220 |
93,227 |
| London |
15,002 |
6,199 |
21,201 |
| TOTAL (Inc. London) |
91,009 |
23,419 |
114,428 |
| II. ENGLISH BOROUGHS |
|
|
|
| Barnsley |
1,218 |
330 |
1,548 |
| Barrow in Furness |
619 |
67 |
686 |
| Bath |
612 |
261 |
873 |
| Birkenhead |
786 |
189 |
975 |
| Birmingham |
7,133 |
2,699 |
9,832 |
| Blackburn |
917 |
364 |
1,281 |
| Blackpool |
831 |
324 |
1,155 |
| Bolton |
1,839 |
371 |
2,210 |
| Bootle |
254 |
1 |
255 |
| Bournemouth |
753 |
209 |
962 |
| Bradford |
1,284 |
538 |
1,822 |
| Brighton |
1,153 |
142 |
1,295 |
| Bristol |
2,539 |
1,034 |
3,573 |
| Burnley |
837 |
272 |
1,109 |
| Burton upon Trent |
604 |
114 |
718 |
| Bury |
503 |
75 |
578 |
| Canterbury |
651 |
74 |
629 |
| Carlisle |
522 |
126 |
648 |
| Chester |
319 |
29 |
348 |
| Coventry |
2,723 |
895 |
3,618 |
| Croydon |
973 |
159 |
1,132 |
| Darlington |
661 |
116 |
777 |
| Derby |
2,503 |
578 |
3,081 |
| Dewsbury |
567 |
21 |
588 |
| Doncaster |
1,133 |
167 |
1,300 |
| Dudley |
1,128 |
145 |
1,273 |
| Eastbourne |
199 |
86 |
285 |
| East Ham |
1,098 |
120 |
1,218 |
| Exeter |
466 |
88 |
554 |
| Gateshead |
707 |
127 |
834 |
| Gloucester |
613 |
128 |
741 |
| Great Yarmouth |
147 |
88 |
235 |
| Grimsby |
533 |
129 |
662 |
| Halifax |
971 |
182 |
1,153 |
| Hastings |
179 |
101 |
280 |
| Huddersfield |
1,795 |
418 |
2,213 |
| Ipswich |
920 |
211 |
1,131 |
| Kingston on Hull |
948 |
853 |
1,801 |
| Leeds |
2,577 |
433 |
3,010 |
55W
| — |
Boys |
Girls |
Total |
| Leicester |
2,077 |
560 |
2,637 |
| Lincoln |
594 |
117 |
711 |
| Liverpool |
3,551 |
1,586 |
5,137 |
| Manchester |
4,451 |
2,020 |
6,471 |
| Middlesbrough |
902 |
253 |
1,155 |
| Newcastle upon Tyne |
2,090 |
1,054 |
3,144 |
| Northampton |
1,113 |
365 |
1,478 |
| Norwich |
1,281 |
482 |
1,763 |
| Nottingham |
2,744 |
2,162 |
4,906 |
| Oldham |
862 |
239 |
1,101 |
| Oxford |
964 |
409 |
1,373 |
| Plymouth |
938 |
229 |
1,167 |
| Portsmouth |
999 |
189 |
1,188 |
| Preston |
1,073 |
367 |
1,440 |
| Reading |
577 |
212 |
789 |
| Rochdale |
598 |
183 |
781 |
| Rotherham |
1,356 |
183 |
1,539 |
| St. Helens |
1,097 |
164 |
1,261 |
| Salford |
736 |
119 |
855 |
| Sheffield |
2,802 |
817 |
3,619 |
| Smethwick |
687 |
155 |
842 |
| Southampton |
2,129 |
174 |
2,303 |
| Southend on Sea |
636 |
88 |
724 |
| Southport |
284 |
91 |
375 |
| South Shields |
516 |
96 |
612 |
| Stockport |
911 |
142 |
1,053 |
| Stoke on Trent |
2,044 |
311 |
2,355 |
| Sunderland |
845 |
192 |
1,037 |
| Tynemouth |
— |
54 |
54 |
| Wakefield |
836 |
129 |
965 |
| Wallasey |
271 |
177 |
448 |
| Walsall |
796 |
145 |
941 |
| Warrington |
595 |
56 |
651 |
| West Bromwich |
474 |
73 |
547 |
| West Ham |
289 |
175 |
464 |
| West Hartlepool |
428 |
98 |
526 |
| Wigan |
763 |
38 |
801 |
| Wolverhampton |
1,887 |
244 |
2,131 |
| Worcester |
518 |
183 |
701 |
| York |
1,151 |
607 |
1,758 |
| TOTAL |
91,070 |
26,247 |
117,317 |
| III. WELSH COUNTIES |
|
|
|
| Anglesey |
91 |
— |
91 |
| Breconshire |
— |
— |
— |
| Caernarvonshire |
180 |
6 |
186 |
| Cardiganshire |
76 |
37 |
113 |
| Carmarthenshire |
613 |
19 |
632 |
| Denbighshire |
517 |
53 |
570 |
| Flintshire |
753 |
243 |
996 |
| Glamorgan |
2,689 |
298 |
2,987 |
| Merioneth |
— |
— |
— |
| Monmouthshire |
1,340 |
105 |
1,445 |
| Montgomeryshire |
152 |
73 |
225 |
| Pembrokeshire |
90 |
23 |
113 |
| Radnorshire |
— |
— |
— |
| TOTAL |
6,501 |
857 |
7,358 |
| IV. WELSH BOROUGHS |
|
|
|
| Cardiff |
1,329 |
307 |
1,636 |
| Merthyr Tydfil |
185 |
13 |
198 |
| Newport (Mon) |
740 |
46 |
786 |
| Swansea |
692 |
87 |
779 |
| TOTAL |
2,946 |
453 |
3,399 |
| TOTAL ENGLAND AND WALES |
191,526 |
50,976 |
242,502 |