§ Mr. Richard Wainwrightasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what proportion of those legally free to leave school remained pupils until the age of 16 years or more, in the Upper Agbrigg Division of the West Riding, in the city of Leeds, and in the county of Surrey, respectively, in the most recent period for which records are complete.
§ Mr. Gordon Walker:The information is not available precisely in the form requested but comparison of the number of pupils who reached the age of 16 in the year ended August, 1967, and who were at school in January, 1967, with the numbers who reached the age of 15 in the year ended August, 1966, gives the following percentages:
Upper Agbrigg Division of the West Riding 42 per cent. City of Leeds 41 per cent. Surrey 58 per cent.