§ 44. Mr. Curranasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will state the percentage of children in grammar schools and in secondary modern schools in the County of Middlesex and in the London County Council area who stayed at school after the age of 15 in 1963–64; and if he will give the comparable percentages for 1953–54.
§ Mr. HoggThe earliest figures available are those in 1959. Between 1959 and 1963 the percentage of pupils in grammar schools who stayed after age 15 increased from 92 per cent. to 94 per cent. in London and from 95 per cent. to 97 per cent. in Middlesex. Secondary modern figures for London were 4 per cent. to 16 per cent. and for Middlesex 25 per cent. to 40 per cent. The secondary modern figures for London have little significance since the great majority of children are in comprehensive or other types of secondary school.