§ Mr. Coeasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what general advice he has given to local education authorities on the desirability of establishing co-educational secondary schools.
§ Mr. Gordon WalkerNone. This is for local education authorities to consider in the light of local circumstances.
§ Mr. Coeasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) what percentage of each type of secondary school 366W was co-educational in 1964, 1965, and 1966;
(2) what percentage of state secondary schools in each local education authority, listed separately, were co-educational in 1966;
(3) what percentage of the total number of children attending state secondary schools in each local education authority, listed separately, was attending co-educational schools in 1966;
(4) what percentage of the proposed and established comprehensive secondary schools under those authorities, listed separately, whose schemes for comprehensive secondary reorganisation have already been approved by his Department, is co-educational; and what percentage of the total number of secondary schoolchildren attending the same schools in those authorities, listed separately, will be or are attending co-educational schools.
§ Mr. Gordon WalkerThis information is not all available, but I will write to my hon. Friend.