§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what percentage of(a) female and (b) male children leave school at 16 years, broken down into local authority areas; and if he will make a statement. [3668]
§ Dr. HowellsThe following table shows the percentage of 16 year olds who had left school by LEA in 1994–95. Many who leave school at 16 will continue with their education and training, for example in further education colleges, sixth form colleges or in the workplace. Figures for males and females separately could only be made available at disproportionate cost.
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Ms MorrisThe following table shows the number of new entrants to teacher training for the years 1992–93 to 1996–97. The Department does not make projections of future entrants.
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School leavers aged 16 by LEA, England, 1994–95 Percentage London Inner London1 61 Barking 60 Barnet 43 Bexley 58 Brent 60 Bromley 39 Croydon 71 Ealing 61 Enfield 49 Haringey 64 Harrow 82 Havering 82 Hillingdon 50 Hounslow 41 Kingston upon Thames 38 Merton 68 Newham 92 Redbridge 40 Richmond upon Thames 66 Sutton 39 Waltham Forest 85 Metropolitan authorities Birmingham 70 Coventry 59 Dudley 96 Sandwell 84 Solihull 71 Walsall 57 Wolverhampton 56 Knowsley 85 Liverpool 52 St. Helens 73 Sefton 61 Wirral 56 Bolton 76
School leavers aged 16 by LEA, England, 1994–95 Percentage Bury 87 Manchester 82 Oldham 79 Rochdale 85 Salford 99 Stockport 83 Tameside 98 Trafford 73 Wigan 94 Barnsley 95 Doncaster 58 Rotherham 70 Sheffield 81 Bradford 55 Calderdale 57 Kirklees 78 Leeds 60 Wakefield 72 Gateshead 68 Newcastle upon Tyne 49 North Tyneside 64 South Tyneside 93 Sunderland 88 Counties Avon 56 Bedfordshire 59 Berkshire 43 Buckinghamshire 47 Cambridgeshire 66 Cheshire 62 Cleveland 93 Cornwall (including Isles of Scilly) 73 Cumbria 60 Derbyshire 70 Devon 59 Dorset 52 Durham 76 East Sussex 67 Essex 72 Gloucestershire 54 Hampshire 90 Hereford and Worcester 60 Hertfordshire 40 Humberside 80 Isle of Wight 49 Kent 48 Lancashire 83 Leicestershire 62 Lincolnshire 64 Norfolk 63 North Yorkshire 60 Northamptonshire 52 Northumberland 52 Nottinghamshire 66 Oxfordshire 48 Shropshire 73 Somerset 69 Staffordshire 69 Suffolk 52 Surrey 58 Warwickshire 64 West Sussex 62 Wiltshire 66 England 65 1Data for individual boroughs are not reliable.