§ Ms WalleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list the staying-on rates at school at age 15 years for each local authority for the last five years. [7329]
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Percentage of 16 year olds in school by LEA, England, 1990–91 to 1994–95 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 London1 Inner London 37 45 41 40 39 Barking 28 38 42 42 40 Barnet 52 61 60 59 57 Bexley 43 46 46 45 42 Brent 34 39 42 40 40 Bromley 51 57 58 60 61 Croydon 22 27 31 31 29 Ealing 46 50 37 34 39 Enfield 43 49 56 55 51 Haringey 35 42 42 41 36
§ Mr. ByersThe following table shows by LEA the percentage continuing in school at age 16, the first year after the end of compulsory education. The percentage will be comparatively lower in LEAs where 16 year olds can transfer to a sixth form college or a tertiary college. Others will continue their education and training in further education colleges or in the workplace.
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Percentage of 16 year olds in school by LEA, England, 1990–91 to 1994–95 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 Harrow 18 17 19 18 18 Havering 34 18 18 21 18 Hillingdon 43 51 54 52 50 Hounslow 46 52 60 53 59 Kingston upon Thames 52 59 64 66 62 Merton 31 32 37 36 32 Newham 26 24 11 10 8 Redbridge 49 59 62 64 60 Richmond upon Thames 24 31 32 31 34 Sutton 51 61 58 61 61 Waltham Forest 11 11 11 15 15 Metropolitan authorities Birmingham 26 29 31 32 30 Coventry 39 46 48 47 41 Dudley 4 5 6 5 4 Sandwell 14 15 16 18 16 Solihull 19 23 22 25 29 Walsall 35 41 48 47 43 Wolverhampton 33 41 43 47 44 Knowsley 16 16 18 12 15 Liverpool 44 47 53 53 48 St.Helens 24 24 25 27 27 Sefton 35 37 38 41 39 Wirral 40 44 46 46 44 Bolton 22 22 26 24 24 Bury 11 11 11 11 13 Manchester 18 20 18 20 28 Oldham 31 29 19 23 21 Rochdale 14 16 17 16 15 Salford 1 0 1 2 1 Stockport 20 16 11 9 17 Tameside 1 1 2 2 2 Trafford 30 24 26 27 27 Wigan 8 6 7 8 6 Barnsley 3 4 4 4 5 Doncaster 37 40 44 45 42 Rotherham 26 28 27 31 30 Sheffield 16 18 18 18 19 Bradford 41 46 47 46 45 Calderdale 40 44 46 49 43 Kirklees 23 23 25 23 22 Leeds 36 40 40 44 40 Wakefield 23 24 26 28 28 Gateshead 29 28 33 32 32 Newcastle upon Tyne 48 52 52 55 51 North Tyneside 33 34 35 36 36 South Tyneside 5 6 7 7 7 Sunderland 11 12 13 13 12 Counties Avon 38 43 49 47 44 Bedfordshire 39 42 43 44 41 Berkshire 48 54 57 57 57 Buckinghamshire 45 50 54 55 53 Cambridgeshire 28 33 36 35 34 Cheshire 34 36 38 38 38 Cleveland 6 7 6 7 7 Cornwall (including Isles of Scilly) 29 30 33 27 27 Cumbria 33 37 37 41 40 Derbyshire 25 28 31 29 30 Devon 33 38 39 41 41 Dorset 38 44 47 49 48 Durham 22 24 25 25 24 East Sussex 28 33 35 35 33 Essex 26 28 29 30 28 Gloucestershire 45 46 48 47 46 Hampshire 10 10 11 11 10 Hereford and Worcester 35 36 39 39 40 Hertfordshire 53 58 62 63 60 Humberside 19 20 21 23 20 Isle ot Wight 48 48 51 54 51 Kent 42 49 51 52 52
Percentage of 16 year olds in school by LEA, England, 1990–91 to 1994–95 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 Lancashire 16 16 17 18 17 Leicestershire 36 38 39 40 38 Lincolnshire 30 31 34 36 36 Norfolk 29 32 34 37 37 North Yorkshire 35 38 39 40 40 Northamptonshire 39 45 50 51 48 Northumberland 40 47 47 50 48 Nottinghamshire 28 31 34 34 34 Oxfordshire 42 50 54 55 52 Shropshire 22 23 27 28 27 Somerset 28 31 31 30 31 Staffordshire 25 28 30 30 31 Suffolk 41 46 47 52 48 Surrey 38 40 42 42 42 Warwickshire 33 36 36 38 36 West Sussex 35 39 41 39 38 Wiltshire 30 31 36 35 34 England 31 34 35 36 35 1 Data for individual boroughs are not reliable. Source:
Schools' Census, population estimates.