HC Deb 07 December 1971 vol 827 cc300-3W
Mr. Lomas

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she will show in table form those boroughs or country boroughs with a population of 50,000 or more where the number of Commonwealth immigrant children exceeds 2 per cent. of all pupils in

LONDON BOROUGHS AND COUNTY BOROUGHS WITH POPULATIONS OF 50,000 OR MORE WHERE THE NUMBER OF COMMONWEALTH IMMIGRANT CHILDREN EXCEED 2 PER CENT. OF ALL PUPILS IN MAINTAINED PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS
January, 1971
Primary Schools Secondary Schools Primary and Secondary Schools
Outer London Boroughs
Barnet 6.9 5.7 6.4
Brent 27.0 24.3 26.0
Bromley 2.3 2.1 2.2
Croydon 7.9 7.3 7.7
Ealing 20.4 20.8 20.6
Enfield 6.1 5.5 5.9
Haringey 29.4 22.3 26.7
Harrow 4.6 4.9 4.7
Hillingdon 2.7 2.8 2.8
Hounslow 9.3 10.5 9.8
Merton 8.3 5.2 6.7
Newham 17.1 13.9 15.9
Redbridge 5.2 5.0 5.1
Richmond upon Thames 2.2 2.3 2.3
Waltham Forest 11.9 10.7 11.4
inner London Boroughs
Camden 12.6 9.4 11.1
Greenwich 4.6 5.4 4.9
Hackney 22.7 20.0 21.6
Hammersmith 17.8 13.5 16.1
Islington 21.7 17.7 20.2
Kensington and Chelsea 12.8 11.8 12.4
Lambeth 19.9 16.2 18.6
Lewisham 16.0 9.5 13.5
Southwark 14.6 10.2 12.8
Tower Hamlets 10.3 7.2 9.1
Wandsworth 16.9 12.8 15.1
Westminster 16.3 9.8 13.3
County Boroughs
Birmingham 9.9 8.9 9.5
Blackburn 7.0 8.4 7.6
Bolton 7.3 9.5 8.1
Bradford 11.0 9.6 10.5
Bristol 4.5 3.1 3.9
Burton upon Trent 3.8 3.0 3.5
Coventry 7.3 6.7 7.1
Derby 7.5 4.5 6.5
Dewsbury 6.5 5.6 6.1
Dudley 3.3 3.2 3.3
Gloucester 5.2 3.1 4.3
Halifax 1.6 3.0 2.2
Huddersfield 14.2 10.2 12.5
Ipswich 3.9 2.6 3.4
Leeds 3.6 4.4 3.9
Leicester 13.8 13.0 13.5
Luton 7.5 7.1 7.3
Manchester 6.8 4.6 6.0
Northampton 3.9 2.2 3.3
Nottingham 5.9 5.2 5.6
Oldham 3.6 4.1 3.8
Oxford 6.1 4.7 5.6
Preston 10.2 9.0 9.8

maintained primary and secondary schools; and if she will differentiate between the two types of schools at the latest available dates.

Mr. van Straubenzee

, pursuant to his reply OFFICIAL REPORT, 12th November, 1971, c. 267–8, gave the following information:

January, 1971
Primary Schools Secondary Schools Primary and Secondary Schools
Reading 7.7 6.0 7.1
Rochdale 6.2 5.7 6.0
Sheffield 2.9 2.2 2.6
Southampton 2.7 2.2 2.5
Walsall 8.9 7.6 8.4
Warley 11.0 9.8 10.6
West Bromwich 6.7 4.7 6.0
Wolverhampton 14.9 10.1 13.0