§ 138. Mr. K. Lindsayasked the Minister of Education how many young persons between the ages of 15 and 18 years are now released for part-time training and education; how many of these are in the engineering industry; how many of the total released attend vocational classes; and how many attend schools with a mixed curriculum.
§ Mr. TomlinsonAs statistics for 194748 are not yet available, the answer to the first part of the Question is as given in my reply to the hon. Member's Question on 16th June last. In reply to the
116W second part, out of the total number of 167,000 students of all ages released by their employers, 61,600 were from the engineering industry. The number studying various subjects is given in Table 39 of the Ministry's Annual Report. It is not possible without undue expenditure of labour to say how many of these were under 18 years of age.
— Primary Secondary Total Number of Classes … … 111,488 50,284 Classes with over 50 pupils Number … 2,025 93 Proportion … 1.8 percent. 0.2 percent. Classes with over 40 pupils Number … 32,925 3,747 Proportion … 29.5 percent. 7.5 percent. Classes with over 30 pupils Number … 73,601 27,647 Proportion … 66.0 percent. 55.0 percent.