§ Mr. Astorasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will give the number of children staying on voluntarily in secondary modern schools nationally and in Berkshire, respectively, expressed as a percentage of the comparable 13-year-old pupils in school two years previously.
§ Mr. RedheadThe table below shows the number of pupils remaining at secondary modern schools beyond the statutory20W leaving age, in January, 1965, as a percentage of pupils aged 13 in these schools, 2–4 years earlier:
Ages in 1965 15* 16 17 and over % % % England and Wales Boys … 20.4 7.1 0.9 Girls … 19.1 6.3 0.8 Boys and Girls … 19.8 6.7 0.9 Berkshire Boys … 34.4 13.0 1.4 Girls … 38.0 13.3 1.7 Boys and Girls … 36.1 13.2 1.5 *15 year-old pupils in January, 1965, with birthdays between 1st January and 1st September inclusive, expressed as a percentage of the estimated number of 13 year-old pupils in January, 1963, with birthdays in the same period