HC Deb 01 December 1970 vol 807 c365W
Mr. Marks

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the earliest date of birth of children who will be required to stay on at school until they are 16 years old.

Mr. van Straubenzee

The decision to raise the school-leaving age to 16 in 1972–73 will affect those children born on or after 1st September, 1957.