§ Mr. McGuireasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list in the OFFICIAL REPORT the percentage of schoolchildren who qualify to receive a grammar school education who live in the urban district council areas of Ashton-in-Makerfield, Abram, Billinge 34W with-Winstanley, Ince-in-Makerfield and Ottell, respectively, and how this compares with the regional and national average in England and Wales.
§ Miss BaconThe precise information is not available, but the Lancashire local education authority tells me that the percentages of pupils in these areas leaving primary schools in July 1969 who proceeded to grammar schools, though not necessarily in the same areas, were as follows:
Per cent. Ashton-in-Makerfield 24.8 Abram 14.0 Billinge-with-Winstanley 24.3 Ince-in-Makerfield 15.0 Ottell 27.7 Comparable regional and national averages are not available.