§ Mr. Channonasked the Minister of Education how many applications for places in teacher training colleges were received from residents of Southend-on-Sea in the years 1955 to 1959; and what percentage of these applications was successful.
§ Sir D. EcclesI could only give my hon. Friend the full information he seeks by asking the training colleges to make an analysis of some 75,000 application forms.
In the educational year 1958–59, 32 students from Southend-on-Sea entered training colleges. This represented 19 per thousand of the average population of 17, 18 and 19 year olds in the area. The comparable figure for England as a whole was 25.3.