§ Mr. Lomasasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make a further statement on the percentages of immigrant pupils in maintained primary and secondary schools in county boroughs with a population of 50,000 or more.
§ Miss BaconI welcome this opportunity to correct some of the figures given in Answer to the Question asked by my hon. Friend on 16th February. [Vol. 796, c. 48–50.] Because of a typing error the primary school figures in respect of county boroughs were transposed with those for secondary schools in county boroughs. All other figures including the totals given in the OFFICIAL REPORT [columns 49 and 50] are correct. I very much regret any inconvenience which has been caused. The figures are those for Commonwealth immigrant children and therefore are not directly comparable with those given in respect of years before168W 1969 when it was not practicable to differentiate Commonwealth immigrants from other immigrants. The complete table is as follows:
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LONDON BOROUGHS AND COUNTY BOROUGHS WITH POPULATIONS OF 50,000 OR MORE WHERE THE NUMBER OF COMMONWEALTH IMMIGRANT CHILDREN EXCEED 2 PER CENT. OF ALL PUPILS IN MAINTAINED PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS January, 1969 Primary Schools Secondary Schools Primary and Secondary Schools OUTER LONDON BOROUGHS Barnet 6.5 4.6 5.7 Brent 26.3 22.0 24.8 Bromley 2.2 1.9 2.1 Croydon 8.0 6.6 7.5 Ealing 18.5 17.2 18.0 Enfield 5.5 4.3 5.0 Haringey 29.6 22.0 26.7 Harrow 3.8 3.4 3.6 Hillingdon 2.4 2.3 2.4 Hounslow 8.5 8.6 8.5 Merton 5.9 4.5 5.3 Newham 14.5 11.5 13.3 Redbridge 4.6 4.1 4.4 Richmond-upon-Thames 2.8 2.1 2.5 Waltham Forest 10.8 8.7 10.0 INNER LONDON BOROUGHS Hammersmith 17.9 12.9 15.9 Kensington and Chelsea 13.4 11.6 12.6 Camden 14.7 11.8 13.4 Westminster 17.2 10.3 14.2 Islington 23.5 18.9 21.7 Hackney 27.7 19.8 24.6 Tower Hamlets 10.2 7.3 9.1 Greenwich 4.7 4.3 4.5 Lewisham 15.6 8.4 12.8 Southwark 14.1 10.9 12.8 Lambeth 20.4 15.5 18.6 Wandsworth 17.1 11.8 14.8 COUNTY BOROUGHS Birmingham 10.0 8.7 9.5 Blackburn 5.4 6.0 5.6 Bolton 5.6 7.1 6.1 Bradford 8.0 9.7 8.6 Bristol 4.0 2.8 3.5 Burton-upon-Trent 3.1 2.3 2.7 Coventry 6.6 6.9 6.7 Derby 6.5 5.3 6.1 Dewsbury 5.8 5.4 5.6 Dudley 3.6 2.7 3.3 Gloucester 4.9 3.0 4.1 Huddersfield 12.3 8.7 10.8 Ipswich 3.4 2.3 3.0 Leeds 4.5 4.0 4.3 Leicester 11.4 11.1 11.3 Luton 7.2 6.3 6.9
January, 1969 Primary Schools Secondary Schools Primary and Secondary Schools Manchester 5.5 4.2 5.0 Northampton 3.2 1.9 2.7 Nottingham 7.3 5.3 6.6 Oldham 2.7 3.2 2.9 Oxford 5.5 4.5 5.1 Preston 8.2 7.9 8.1 Reading 7.1 5.5 6.5 Rochdale 3.9 4.2 4.0 Sheffield 2.8 2.0 2.5 Southampton 2.4 1.8 2.2 Walsall 7.4 7.1 7.3 Warley 10.7 9.3 10.2 West Bromwich 6.4 5.0 5.8 Wolverhampton 14.7 10.7 13.1