HC Deb 12 December 1983 vol 50 cc313-4W
Mr. Hayward

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many children are in schools in each local education authority within England; and what proportion of the English school population each local education authority represents.

Mr. Dunn

The following table lists the numbers and percentages of full-time equivalent pupils in maintained schools in each local education authority in England.

Number of pupils* in maintained schools Number of pupils* in maintained schools as a percentage of the English total
Barking 25,425 0.3
Barnet 41,467 0.5
Bexley 35.672 0.5
Brent 36,588 0.5
Bromley 41,555 0.5
Croydon 47,984 0.6
Ealing 39,572 0.5
Enfield 41,307 0.5
Haringey 29,233 0.4
Harrow 27,968 0.4
Havering 40,365 0.5
Hillingdon 35,634 0.5
Hounslow 31,796 0.4
Kingston-upon-Thames 18,651 0.2
Merton 23,554 0.3
Newham 37,109 0.5
Redbridge 32,196 0.4
Richmond-upon-Thames 16,167 0.2
Sutton 23,880 0.3
Waltham Forest 34,771 0.5
Inner London 304,457 4.0
Birmingham 181,333 2.4
Coventry 55,097 0.7
Dudley 51,647 0.7
Sandwell 56,397 0.7
Solihull 38,152 0.5
Walsall 53,086 0.7
Wolverhampton 47,154 0.6
Knowsley 32,644 0.4
Liverpool 86,640 1.1
St. Helens 35,887 0.5
Sefton 51,052 0.7
Wirral 57,012 0.7
Bolton 48,897 0.6
Bury 29,227 0.4
Manchester 77,617 1.0
Oldham 40,320 0.5
Rochdale 38,848 0.5
Number of pupils* in maintained schools Number of pupils* in maintained schools as a percentage of the English total
Salford 43,601 0.6
Stockport 49,346 0.6
Tameside 38,936 0.5
Trafford 33,049 0.4
Wigan 58,929 0.8
Bamsley 40,808 0.5
Doncaster 53,889 0.7
Rotherham 48,439 0.6
Sheffield 88,542 1.2
Bradford 84,616 1.1
Calderdale 35,004 0.5
Kirklees 67,976 0.9
Leeds 120,288 1.6
Wakefield 56,051 0.7
Gateshead 34,717 0.5
Newcastle upon Tyne 42,469 0.6
North Tyneside 32,545 0.4
South Tyneside 26,961 0.4
Sunderland 55,555 0.7
Isles of Scilly 295 0.0
Avon 146,454 1.9
Bedfordshire 89,032 1.2
Berkshire 113109 1.5
Buckinghamshire 99,170 1.3
Cambridgeshire 98,702 1.3
Cheshire 162,993 2.1
Cleveland 108,533 1.4
Cornwall 68,715 0.9
Cumbria 81,665 1.1
Derbyshire 154,092 2.0
Devon 138,865 1.8
Dorset 83,355 1.1
Durham 105,014 1.4
East Sussex 84,917 1.1
Essex 248,713 3.3
Gloucestershire 81,945 1.1
Hampshire 236,775 3.1
Hereford and Worcester 104,100 1.4
Hertfordshire 164,923 2.2
Humberside 154,041 2.0
Isle of Wight 18,005 0.2
Kent 241,974 3.2
Lancashire 233,466 3.1
Leicestershire 147,945 1.9
Lincolnshire 90,368 1.2
Norfolk 110,312 1.4
North Yorkshire 105,457 1.4
Northamptonshire 97,739 1.3
Northumberland 50,931 0.7
Nottinghamshire 170,506 2.2
Oxfordshire 81,713 1.1
Salop 66,838 0.9
Somerset 65,532 0.9
Staffordshire 178,326 2.3
Suffolk 96,118 1.3
Surrey 137,758 1.8
Warwickshire 81,173 1.1
West Sussex 96,375 1.3
Wiltshire 87,314 1.1
Total England 7,641,340 100.0
* Counting part-time pupils as 0.5.