§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what information contained in the letter which he sent to the hon. Member for West Ham, North, under date of 6th January, 1971, concerning Mr. K. Patel was not available for sending prior to the Christmas Recess; and why it took so long to send this information.
§ Mr. SharplesNone of the information was before me prior to the Recess. I
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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 AT JANUARY OF EACH YEAR Primary schools Secondary schools Primary and Secondary schools 1968* 1969 1970 1968* 1969 1970 1968* 1969 1970 Outer London Boroughs Barnet … … 7.6 6.5 6.7 4.8 4.6 5.3 6.4 5.7 6.1 Brent … … 27.2 26.3 26.6 21.4 22.0 23.0 25.1 24.8 25.3 Bromley … … 2.0 2.2 2.2 2.0 1.9 2.1 2.0 2.1 2.1 Croydon … … 7.9 8.0 8.2 6.6 6.6 7.2 7.4 7.5 7.9 Ealing … … 17.3 18.5 19.6 14.6 17.2 19.5 16.3 18.0 19.5 Enfield … … 6.4 5.5 5.8 4.7 4.3 4.9 5.7 5.0 5.4 Haringey … … 30.8 29.6 29.5 21.1 22.0 21.7 27.1 26.7 26.6 Harrow … … 3.5 3.8 4.0 2.6 3.4 3.8 3.1 3.6 3.9 Hillingdon … … 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.2 2.3 2.5 2.3 2.4 2.4 Hounslow … … 8.0 8.5 9.1 7.7 8.6 9.6 7.9 8.5 9.3 Merton … … 6.9 5.9 7.5 3.6 4.5 4.3 5.5 5.3 6.0 Newham … … 13.1 14–5 15.8 10.0 11.5 12.8 11.9 13.3 14.6 Redbridge … … 4.3 4.6 5.1 3.7 4.1 4.8 4.1 4.4 5.0 Richmond upon Thames 3.3 2.8 2.4 2.6 2.1 2.2 3.0 2.5 2.4 Waltham Forest … 9.8 10.8 11.1 7.2 8.7 9.5 8.7 10.0 10.5 wrote to the hon. Member as soon as I had completed my inquiries into the case.