§ Mr. Fieldasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) if he will publish the number and proportion of pupils staying on in full-time education beyond the minimum school leaving age for each year since 1969;
(2) if he will list his Department's estimate of the number of children who will be staying on beyond the minimum school leaving age in the coming year; and if he will present the figures as a percentage of all pupils in this age group.
§ Dr. Boyson[pursuant to his reply, 23 January' 1981, c. 246–47]: The information is as follows: