16 to 18-year-olds

HC Deb 12 December 1985 vol 88 c704W

Mr. Alfred Morris

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what percentage of 16 to 18-year olds in each English region stay on at school.

Mr. Dunn

In January 1985 the average staying-on rates for 16 to 18-year-olds in maintained secondary schools for each region were:

Region	Percentages*
North	13.4
Yorkshire and Humberside	14.1
North West	13.5
East Midlands	13.7
West Midlands	13.3
East Anglia	13.7
Greater London	18.1
Other South East	17.6
South West	13.5
England	15.0
* The percentages are calculated by comparing the total number of pupils aged 16, 17 or 18 years in maintained schools in January 1985 with the total number of 15-year-olds one, two and three years earlier in these schools.