Pupils (Hansard, 12 April 1973)

§ Miss Lestor

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) what,

LEA	Pupils aged 16 years in secondary schools as a percentage of those aged 13 three years previously*	13 years olds in comprehensive schools as a percentage of all 13 year olds*
ENGLAND COUNTIES
Bedfordshire	…	32.3	6.8
Berkshire	…	42.7	29.9
Buckinghamshire	…	39.2	8.0
Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely	…	34.0	23.6
Cheshire	…	39.2	9.3
Cornwall	…	34.9	44.4
Cumberland	…	36.5	92.0
Derbyshire	…	32.0	38.6
Devon	…	36.3	32.2
Dorset	…	34.8	22.9
Durham	…	27.7	27.6
Essex	…	37.7	68.5
Gloucestershire	…	40.5	38.1
Hampshire	…	36.0	27.1
Herefordshire	…	28.4	28.7
Hertfordshire	…	47.0	74.0
Huntingdon and Peterborough	…	35.8	60.3
Isle of Wight	…	38.2	75.2
Isles of Scilly	…	50.0	95.5
Kent	…	37.7	14.1
Lancashire	…	33.0	20.4
Leicestershire	…	38.4	98.1
Lincolnshire—Holland	…	28.2	0.1
Lincolnshire—Kesteven	…	39.8	23.7
Lincolnshire—Lindsey	…	32.1	43.5
Norfolk	…	27.7	1.9
Northamptonshire	…	28.8	43.0
Northumberland	…	32.6	18.4
Nottinghamshire	…	27.7	33.2
Oxfordshire	…	38.5	96.8
Rutland	…	48.2	—
Shropshire (Salop)	…	32.1	20.0
Somerset	…	29.3	49.8
Staffordshire	…	33.3	44.5
Suffolk, East	…	30.6	42.1
Suffolk, West	…	35.4	11.4
Surrey	…	48.6	11.7
Sussex East	…	46.1	35.8
Sussex, West	…	46.3	58.8
Warwickshire	…	38.6	17.5
Westmorland	…	43.1	39.3
Wiltshire	…	35.5	48.4
Worcestershire	…	35.3	9.8
Yorkshire, East Riding	…	46.1	49.1
Yorkshire, North Riding	…	34.6	50.5
Yorkshire, West Riding	…	33.2	45.9
TOTAL: England Counties	…	36.0	35.1

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for each local authority in England and Wales, were the figures for January 1972, and the latest available date, of pupils aged 16 years in secondary schools as a percentage of those aged 13 years three years previously;

(2) what were the percentages of 13. year.old children for each local authority in England and Wales in comprehensive schools in January 1972 and at the latest available date.

§ Mr. St. John-Stevas

Information for January 1972, the latest available, is as follows:

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LEA	Pupils aged 16 years in secondary schools as a percentage of those aged 13 three years previously *	13 year olds in comprehensive schools as a percentage of all 13 year olds*
ENGLAND COUNTY BOROUGH
Barnsley	…	23.4	0.1
Barrow-in-Furness	…	29.9	0.8
Bath	…	45.5	2.0
Birkenhead	…	26.7	93.0
Birmingham	…	32.8	22.7
Blackburn	…	27.0	99.4
Blackpool	…	36.1	—
Bolton	…	35.3	—
Bootle	…	19.4	4.4
Bournemouth	…	45.5	0.2
Bradford	…	31.0	75.1
Brighton	…	30.5	4.6
Bristol	…	34.0	84.0
Burnley	…	27.6	99.0
Burton-upon-Trent	…	26.5	—
Bury	…	28.0	0.3
Canterbury	…	35.2	—
Carlisle	…	32.7	100.0
Chester	…	30.5	—
Coventry	…	33.4	73.6
Darlington	…	34.1	90.1
Derby	…	29.5	34.8
Dewsbury	…	22.9	0.3
Doncaster	…	33.1	100.0
Dudley	…	26.8	0.2
Eastbourne	…	34.3	—
Exeter	…	25.2	—
Gateshead	…	26.5	77.1
Gloucester	…	37.8	0.7
Great Yarmouth	…	30.7	—
Grimsby	…	27.4	38.4
Halifax	…	31.6	—
Hartlepool	…	24.5	—
Hastings	…	37.6	0.3
Huddersfield	…	28.1	—
Ipswich	…	20.1	0.1
Kingston upon Hull	…	28.3	67.2
Leeds	…	32.0	21.0
Leicester	…	28.3	0.1
Lincoln	…	31.8	16.2
Liverpool	…	31.0	37.9
Luton	…	34.6	99.8
Manchester	…	31.2	63.4
Newcastle upon Tyne	…	31.0	80.8
Northampton	…	30.7	97.0
Norwich	…	28.2	97.6
Nottingham	…	22.4	7.4
Oldham	…	23.4	96.1
Oxford	…	39.9	0.5
Plymouth	…	33.9	18.0
Portsmouth	…	32.8	1.3
Preston	…	28.1	97.9
Reading	…	36.0	12.1
Rochdale	…	31.5	74.0
Rotherham	…	27.2	99.8
St. Helens	…	25.4	94.1
Salford	…	20.6	0.4
Sheffield	…	32.0	98.3
Solihull	…	43.1	0.1
Southampton	…	38.2	92.6
Southend-on-Sea	…	44.4	18.6
Southport	…	42.1	16.2
South Shields	…	28.8	0.1
Stockport	…	31.8	13.5
Stoke-on-Trent	…	21.4	95.2
Sunderland	…	27.2	43.0
Teesside	…	27.6	43.1
Torbay	…	39.2	0.1
Tynemouth	…	29.4	88.7
Wakefield	…	30.4	94.6

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LEA	Pupils aged 16 years in secondry schools as a percentage of those aged 13 three years previously^*	13 year olds in comprehensive schools us a percentage of all 13 year olds^*
Wallasey	…	41.6	66.9
Walsall	…	29.1	51.8
Warley	…	28.4	9.5
Warrington	…	24.4	—
West BromwiCh	…	24.2	99.8
Wigan	…	22.9	21.4
Wolverhampton	…	29.7	43.5
Worcester	…	28.4	—
York	…	27.6	1.4
TOTAL: England County Boroughs	…	30.5	43.0
OUTER LONDON BOROUGHS
Barking	…	24.5	94.6
Barnet	…	56.5	58.7
Bexley	…	43.9	1.0
Brent	…	55.4	91.0
Bromley	…	56.3	11.0
Croydon	…	44.7	80.5
Ealing	…	47.3	20.8
Enfielcl	…	42.9	90.9
Haringey	…	45.2	89.6
Harrow	…	57.2	9.4
Havering	…	40.9	10.0
Hillingdon	…	47.4	7.6
Hounslow	…	45.1	72.3
Kingston upon Thames	…	47.7	1.9
Merton	…	42.9	65.0
Newham	…	27.0	0.7
Redbridge	…	43.5	16.7
Richmond upon Thames	…	52.3	6.4
Sutton	…	54.8	12.6
Waltham Forest	…	43.6	97.1
LONDON (INNER)	…	39.1	62.9
TOTAL: London (Inner and Outer)	…	43.3	50.5
TOTAL: England	…	35.5	39.7
WALES COUNTIES
Anglesey	…	40.3	99.8
Breconshire	…	44.1	99.4
Caernarvonshire	…	42.9	99.1
Cardiganshire	…	49.4	54.9
Carmarthenshire	…	46.1	25.6
Denbighshire	…	36.9	55.2
Flintshire	…	34.8	98.7
Glamorgan	…	33.5	45.3
Merioneth	…	42.4	100.0
Monmouthshire	…	33.7	50.2
Montgomeryshire	…	39.7	100.0
Pembrokeshire	…	47.4	33.6
Radnorshire	…	32.9	33.5
TOTAL (Counties)	…	37.2	57.0
WALES COUNTY BOROUGHS
Cardiff	…	34.5	99.3
Merthyr Tydfil	…	34.2	100.0
Newport (Monmouthshire)	…	38.1	99.9
Swansea	…	42.7	100.0
TOTAL (County Boroughs)	…	37.3	99.7
TOTAL: Wales	…	37.2	66.9
TOTAL: England and Wales	…	35.5	41.3
^* These figures relate only to those children for whom the local education authority has financial responsibility.

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