§ Mr. Barnettasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the percentage of boys and girls selected for grammar school places in the towns of Crompton and Royton; and how this compares with the position in the rest of the county.
§ Mr. van StraubenzeeI understand that in the past four years the percentage of boys and girls selected at 11 for grammar school places in Crompton and Royton fluctuated as follows: Crompton, between 17 and 24; Royton, between 20 and 26. The percentage for Lancashire as a whole is estimated to be about 25.