§ Mr. Moonmanasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what percentage of boys and girls, respectively, stay on at school after the statutory leaving age in the urban district council areas of Basildon and Brentwood, using the latest convenient figures; and what are the comparable figures for Greater London and for the whole of England and Wales.
§ Miss BaconI regret that I have no figures for parts of local education authorities, but my hon. Friend may wish to consult Essex about Basildon and Brentwood. I gave the figures for Greater London and for England and Wales to my right hon. Friend the Member for East Ham, North (Mr. Prentice) on 13th March.—[Vol. 797, c.387–8.]