HC Deb 20 March 1970 vol 798 cc228-30W
Mr. Moonman

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many children per 10,000 population living in the constituency of Billericay and in the county of Essex, respectively, left school at the age of 15 years during 1968.

Mr. Haseldine

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many children per 10,000 population living in the constituency of Bradford, West and the City of Bradford, respectively, left school at the age of 15 years during 1968.

Mr. O'Halloran

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many children per 10,000 population living in the constituency of Islington, North, and Islington Borough Council, respectively, left school at the age of 15 years during 1968.

Mr. James Johnson

asked the Secretary of Education and Science how many children per 10,000 population living in the constituency of Kingston upon Hull, West and the City of Kingston upon Hull, respectively, left school at the age of 15 years during 1968.

Mr. Alldritt

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science, how many children per 10,000 population living in the constituency of Liverpool, Scotland, and the City of Liverpool, respectively, left school at the age of 15 years during 1968.

Mr. Julius Silverman

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many children per 10,000 population living in the City of Birmingham left school at the age of 15 years during 1968.

Mr. Will Griffiths

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many children per 10,000 population living in the City of Manchester left school at the age of 15 years during 1968.

Mr. Booth

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many children per 10,000 population living in Barrow-in-Furness left school at the age of 15 years during 1968.

Mr. Whitlock

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many children per 10,000 population living in the City of Nottingham left school at the age of 15 years during 1968.

Mr. Judd

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many children per 10,000 population living in the City of Portsmouth County Borough Council left school at the age of 15 years during 1968.

Mr. Gregory

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many children per 10,000 population living in the County Borough of Stockport left school at the age of 15 years during 1968.

Mr. Alexander W. Lyon

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many children per 10,000 population living in the constituency of York left school at the age of 15 years during 1968.

Mr. Kelley

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many children per 10,000 of population in the Don Valley area left school at the age of 15 years in the years 1968 and 1969, giving figures separately for each year.

Miss Bacon

Figures are not available for Parliamentary constituencies. The table below shows for the local education authorities named in the Questions the numbers leaving school aged 15 in 1968 per 10,000 of the population:

Essex … … 79.9
Barrow-in-Furness … … 95.3
Birmingham … … 95.0
Bradford … … 87.1
Kingston upon Hull … … 112.1
Liverpool … … 89.7
Manchester … … 90.3
Nottingham … … 108.6
Portsmouth … … 71.6
Stockport … … 89.2
York … … 89.8

NOTES:

1. No figures for Islington (part of the Inner London Education Authority) and Don Valley (part of the West Riding) are available.

2. The numbers of school leavers on which the figures are based exclude those from un-recognised independent schools and special schools.