HC Deb 02 February 1984 vol 53 c317W
Dr. McDonald

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish in the Official Report the percentage of school leavers with (a) O-level and (b) A-level passes in Essex for each year from 1977 to 1982 and the relative position of Essex to other major English local education authorities in each of the above years.

Mr. Dunn

The information requested is as follows:

Leavers from Maintained Schools
With 1 or more A-level passes With one or more higher* grade O-level/CSE passes
Essex

Per cent.

 England

Per cent.

 Essex

Per cent.

 England

Per cent.
1976–77 13.8 12–7 51.7 48.7
1977–78 14.2 12.7 51.2 48.6
1978–79 12.6 12.6 50.7 49.3
1979–80 14.3 12.6 52.1 49.4
1980–81 13.1 13–5 52.3 49.9
1981–82 14.9 14.1 53.8 51.2
* O-levy Grades A-C, CSE Grade 1.

Source: School Leavers sample survey.

Data on a comparable basis for other English education authorities are contained in 'Statistics of School Leavers CSE and GCE' (formerly Statistics of Education, Volume 2) a copy of which will be placed in the Library.