HC Deb 27 April 1970 vol 800 c231W
Mr. Brian Parkyn

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what percentage of children over the age of 11 years goes to secondary modern schools at present in Bedfordshire; what is the average for England and Wales as a whole; and what were the corresponding figures for 1960.

Miss Bacon:

The latest available figures are for January 1969: 71.0 per cent. in Bedfordshire, 47.8 per cent. in England and Wales as a whole. The corresponding percentages for January 1960 were 76.9 and 63.5.