HC Deb 14 July 1960 vol 626 cc130-4W
Mr. Ellis Smith

asked the Minister of Education if he will set out in tabular form in the OFFICIAL REPORT the average size of junior classes, the percentage of pupils remaining at school after the ages of 15, 16, and 17 years, respectively, the number of State scholarships per thousand, the number of university awards granted, the number of students per thousand entering training colleges and the total awards per thousand in England, Wales, Scotland, Bournemouth, Surrey, Merioneth, Cardiganshire, Southport, Oxford, Cambridgeshire, Lancashire, Staffordshire, Manchester, Salford, and Stoke-on-Trent, respectively.

Sir D. Eccles

The information requested for England and Wales is as follows. (Table I.)

I am informed by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State that the corresponding figures for Scotland are as follows. (Table II.)

ENGLAND AND WALES
Table I Provisional Figures
Local Education Authority In January, 1959 Awards current during the Educational Year 1958–59 Training Colleges
Average size of Junior Class Percentage of Pupils remaining at School after age State Scholarships Made by Local Education Authorities Total Awards Students entering training colleges during the educational year 1959–60
Tenable at Universities (a) Tenable at other places of further education
Major Awards Minor Awards
15 16 17 Number per 1,000 (b) Number per 1,000 (b) Number per 1,000 (b) Number per 1,000 (b) Number per 1,000 (b) Number per 1,000 (b)
England and Wales … 33.1 33.8 17.4 8.5 12,519 22.4 47,365 84.8 17,557 31.4 9,525 17.1 86,966 155.7 16,131 29.1
England … … 33.6 33.4 16.9 8.2 11,749 22.5 42,729 81.7 16,471 31.5 8,417 16.1 79,366 151.8 14,466 27.9
Cambridgeshire … … 29.6 35.3 14.1 7.5 110 59.0 170 91.2 46 24.7 13 7.0 339 181.9 46 24.6
Lancashire … … 33.5 31.0 16.4 8.6 524 20.2 2,751 106.1 844 32.5 650 25.1 4,769 183.9 880 34.1
Staffordshire … … 34.0 23.7 11.9 6.5 162 13.1 724 58.8 265 21.5 65 5.3 1,216 96.7 336 27.6
Surrey … … 36.0 47.6 26.8 12.5 727 43.9 1,994 120.3 756 45.6371 22.4 3,848 232.2 412 25.4
Bournemouth … … 36.1 51.0 21.2 8.4 49 32.0 171 111.6 75 49.0 131 85.5 426 278.1 30 20.1
Manchester … … 35.3 29.8 13.7 6.3 114 12.5 632 69.7 213 23.5 51 5.6 1,010 111.3 251 28.2
Oxford … … 33.9 29.7 17.6 8.4 90 74.6 117 97.0 77 63.8 7 5.8 291 241.2 49 41.5
Salford … … 34.4 15.7 8.8 3.6 19 8.0 124 52.4 20 8.4 20 8.4 183 77.2 35 15.0
Southport … … 35.0 34.0 18.0 11.9 38 43.8 172 198.2 17 19.6 16 18.4 243 280.0 34 40.8
Stoke-on-Trent … … 33.2 15.6 10.0 6.0 26 7.2 203 52.1 61 15.6 60 15.4 350 90.3 117 30.2
Wales … … 27.5 39.6 23.6 13.6 770 21.7 4,636 130.4 1,086 30.5 1,108 31.2 7,608 213.8 1,665 47.1
Cardiganshire … … 18.8 62.3 37.5 21.7 27 41.8 159 246.1 111 171.8 — — 297 459.7 42 67.2
Merioneth … … 18.4 60.5 43.0 25.0 14 28.6 78 159.5 59 120.7 — — 151 308.8 30 61.2
(a) Most of these are Major Awards.
(b) Per 1,000 of the average population of 17,18 and 19 year olds based on the 1951 Census.

SCOTLAND
Table II
School year 1959–60 Awards made during 1958–59 Number of students entering Colleges of education in 1959–60
Average size of primary class Percentage of age groups remaining at school By Scottish Education Department By education authorities Total Awards
Age Supplemental awards Tenable at Universities Tenable at Central Institutions Other further education awards Number Per 1,000 Number per 1,000
15 16 17
33 28.4 16.4 9.9 85 6,740 3,780 4,397 15,002 211.9 2,505 35