HC Deb 27 October 1966 vol 734 c225W
Mr. Crowder

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the total number of children staying on at school beyond the minimum leaving age in the area of the Inner London Education Authority and in each of the Greater London boroughs at the latest available date.

Mr. Redhead

The numbers of such pupils attending maintained schools in January, 1966, were as follows:

Inner London Education Authority 32,947
Barking 1,364
Barnet 4,441
Bexley 2,582
Brent 3,017
Bromley 3,818
Croydon 3,610
Ealing 3,143
Enfield 2,976
Haringey 3,000
Harrow 2,659
Havering 3,235
Hillingdon 2,910
Hounslow 2,293
Kingston-upon-Thames 1,756
Merton 2,610
Newham 2,052
Redbridge 2,457
Richmond -upon-Thames 2,083
Sutton 1,777
Waltham Forest 2,403