HC Deb 10 November 1977 vol 938 cc170-3W
Mr. Canavan

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether she will list, for each education authority in England and Wales, the total school population in September 1977 and the corresponding figures for September 1976.

Miss Margaret Jackson:

Figures of pupils in schools are collected only as at January of each year. The number of pupils attending either maintained or non-maintained schools in the area of each local education authority in Eng-

January 1976 January 1977
Full-time pupils Part-time pupils Full-time pupils Part-time pupils
Barking 29,343 180 29,259 312
Barnet 52,006 1,487 51,710 1,554
Bexley 41,347 484 41,256 521
Brent 45,664 493 45,026 791
Bromley 54,754 286 54,810 250
Croydon 67,124 339 66,507 374
Ealing 51,745 1,088 51,240 1,339
Enfield 47,405 1,016 47,429 1,247
Haringey 41,197 1,322 40,232 1,447
Harrow 37,622 374 37,499 480
Havering 48,061 650 47,735 637
Hillingdon 43,434 1,380 43,446 1,520
Hounslow 35,906 1,673 35,924 1,725
Kingston-upon-Thames 22,829 1,276 22,848 1,175
Merton 29,164 1,295 29,114 1,468
Newham 43,016 1,900 42,386 2,325
Redbridge 39,987 347 39,766 502
Richmond-upon-Thames 25,666 1,271 25,356 1,295
Sutton 28,694 659 28,661 635
Waltham Forest 40,010 544 39,814 1,062
Inner London 430,932 13,562 420,058 13,337
Birmingham 224,257 2,260 219,800 2,633
Coventry 71,189 852 70,607 1,027
Dudley 57,280 1,284 57,113 1,280
Sandwell 65,492 1,540 65,210 1,892
Solihull 45,616 822 46,141 950
Walsall 60,119 2,784 60,460 3,360
Wolverhampton 57,388 2,035 57,026 2,655
Knowsley 47,325 464 46,155 645
Liverpool 118,435 2,732 114,920 3,145
St. Helens 39,883 477 39,764 858
Sefton 66,936 1,315 66,406 1,511
Wirral 72,830 1,392 72,721 1,411
Bolton 55,783 932 56,445 1,175
Bury 34,849 100 35,166 271
Manchester 108,645 2,296 106,395 2,147
Oldham 45,230 243 45,852 380
Rochdale 43,568 1,160 43,736 1,244
Salford 56,392 588 55,447 473
Stockport 61,889 871 61,789 846
Tameside 43,527 918 43,620 1,076
Trafford 45,598 398 45,289 517
Wigan 64,085 1,698 65,090 1,797
Barnsley 45,565 1,887 45,621 2,331
Doncaster 62,562 1,689 62,115 2,326
Rotherham 52,852 1,307 53,268 1,651
Sheffield 108,175 3,102 107,917 3,210
Bradford 93,209 2,757 93,217 3,052
Calderdale 38,697 441 39,415 108
Kirklees 73,523 1,495 74,193 1,680
Leeds 144,739 2,480 144,386 2,879
Wakefield 65,605 1,399 65,600 2,126
Gateshead 42,760 520 42,062 734
Newcastle upon Tyne 59,055 909 57,900 906
North Tyneside 39,424 948 39,381 1,256
South Tyneside 33,881 832 33,050 1,026
Sunderland 64,231 1,045 64,093 1,526
Isles of Scilly 345 342
Avon 178,749 1,717 178,459 1,829
Bedfordshire 101,446 981 102,747 1,628
Berkshire 138,785 2,865 138,857 3,438
Buckinghamshire 104,782 1,704 106,241 1,969
Cambridgeshire 104,183 2,992 105,954 2,992
Cheshire 185,626 2,585 186,835 3,659
Cleveland 128,437 4,361 127,657 5,087
Cornwall 71,859 1,661 73,228 1,913
Cumbria 95,076 1,326 94,961 1,555
Derbyshire 173,929 2,589 174,988 3,409
Devon 163,664 1,228 165,065 1,414

and and Wales in January 1976 and January 1977 are given below.

January 1976 January 1977
Full-time pupils Part-time pupils Full-time pupils Part-time pupils
Dorset 97,544 2,206 98,404 2,218
Durham 122,342 2,329 122,187 3,021
East Sussex 105,380 2,290 105,473 2,521
Essex 275,398 1,597 277,675 1,711
Gloucestershire 100,685 395 100,465 316
Hampshire 280,032 2,019 281,976 1,997
Hereford and Worcester 119,144 439 121,024 398
Hertfordshire 202,046 5,332 201,437 6,405
Humberside 176,612 1,357 176,636 2,289
Isle of Wight, 20,212 165 20,473 182
Kent 281,424 1,777 283,415 2,036
Lancashire 266,794 4,170 267,880 4,550
Leicestershire 166,783 4,100 168,141 3,826
Lincolnshire 102,642 658 103,390 773
Norfolk 122,357 1,659 121,770 3,190
North Yorkshire 124,561 1,403 125,388 2,006
Northamptonshire 104,146 1,269 105,664 1,334
Northumberland 54,486 503 54,807 614
Nottinghamshire 197,988 3,893 197,436 6,732
Oxfordshire 106,705 1,639 105,061 1,672
Salop 73,651 987 75,212 983
Somerset 78,195 430 79,233 415
Staffordshire 200,114 1,658 201,142 2,683
Suffolk 107,250 1,371 108,608 1,371
Surrey 189,721 3,864 189,317 3,651
Warwickshire 97,214 1,728 97,437 2,021
West Sussex 113,408 705 113,264 720
Wiltshire 103,739 315 103,635 330
Total—England 9,103,954 153,865 9,099,310 178,958
Wales:
Clwyd 77,809 1,125 78,408 1,378
Dyfed 62,199 517 61,885 774
Gwent 93,408 1,985 92,675 2,122
Gwynedd 44,197 986 44,657 1,028
Mid-Glamorgan 114,184 1,381 114,214 1,582
Powys 21,186 153 21,098 29
South Glamorgan 79,134 1,695 78,721 1,833
West Glamorgan 73,168 2,657 73,010 3,066
Total—Wales 565,285 10,499 564,668 11,812
TOTAL—England and Wales 9,669,239 164,364 9,663,978 190,770

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