HC Deb 04 June 1964 vol 695 cc194-6W
Mr. Bryan

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many pupils in the East Riding of Yorkshire were continuing their education at grammar or secondary modern schools after the age of 15 years in the years 1951 and 1963, respectively.

Mr. Hogg

The table below shows the number of pupils in maintained schools

Type of School Age last birthday Total
15 16 17 18 19 and over
Numbers Percent-age of age group Numbers Percent-age of age group Numbers Percent-age of age group Numbers Percent-age of age group Numbers Percent-age of age group
All Age 6 0.16 3 0.07 9
Grammar 321 8.56 277 6.76 121 3.85 68 2.04 6 0.20 793
General Secondary 919 24.49 310 7.57 39 1.24 8 0.24 1 0.03 1,277
Bilateral—
Modern streams 112 3.00 49 1.20 25 0.80 9 0.27 195
Grammar streams 158 4.21 88 2.15 31 0.99 16 0.48 293
TOTAL 1,516 40.41 727 17.75 216 6.87 101 3.03 7 0.23 2,567

Mr. Bryan

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many children in the East Riding of Yorkshire who did not pass their 11-plus examination are now in schools built since the war; and what percentage this figure represents of all such pupils.

Mr. Hogg

10,184 pupils were registered, in January 1963, in general secondary schools, in modern streams of bilateral schools and in the senior departments of all-age schools, in the East Riding of Yorkshire.

7,317 such pupils were in schools built after the war and taken into use by the end of 1962, and 613 pupils in schools opened in 1963. These figures represent respectively 72 and 5 per cent. of all pupils in non-selective schools and streams.

In addition, 1,265 new places were provided in older schools.

Mr. Bryan

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many new schools or substantial additions to schools have been built in the East Riding of Yorkshire in each year since 1945.

in the East Riding of Yorkshire, aged 15 years and over, by type of school and by individual age, in January 1963. There are no secondary modern schools in the county.

Comparable information for 1951 is not available.

Mr. Hogg

Following is the information. The total cost of these projects was approximately £4 million.

NEW PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL PROJECTS COMPLETED
Primary Secondary Total
1945–48
1949 1 1
1950 2 2
1951 1 1
1952 1 1
1953 3 3
1954 3 3 6
1955 2 2
1956 2 2
1957 2 2
1958 5 5
1959
1960 1 2 3
1961 2 1 3
1962 3 1 4
1963 3 3 6
Total 15 26 41