HC Deb 14 January 1971 vol 809 cc96-100W
Mr. Lomas

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she will show, in table form, those boroughs and non-county boroughs with a population of 50,000 or more, where the number of Commonwealth immigrant children exceeds 2 per cent. of all pupils in maintained primary and secondary schools; and if she will differentiate between the two types of schools at the latest available date and show how these figures differ compared with those for the previous two years.

Mr. van Straubenzee

Figures for county boroughs and inner and outer London boroughs are as follows. Information for other boroughs is not readily available.

Following is the information:

Primary schools Secondary schools Primary and Secondary schools
1968* 1969 1970 1968* 1969 1970 1968* 1969 1970
Inner London Boroughs
Camden … … 19.2 14.7 14.0 15.4 11.8 10.6 17.5 13.4 12.4
Greenwich … … 4.4 4.7 4.9 3.9 4.3 4.9 4.2 4.5 4.9
Hackney … … 26.2 27.7 28.3 19.6 19.8 20.0 23.6 24.6 25.1
Hammersmith … 18.7 17.9 18.1 12.5 12.9 13.6 16.2 15.9 16.4
Islington … … 25.5 23.5 23.0 20.0 18.9 18.5 23.4 21.7 21.3
Kensington and Chelsea 18.7 13.4 13.9 16.8 11.6 11.1 17.9 12.6 12.7
Lambeth … … 22.0 20.4 21.1 16.4 15.5 15.9 19.9 18.6 19.3
Lewisham … … 14.8 15.6 16.0 8.5 8.4 8.9 12.3 12.8 13.3
Southwark … … 13.7 14.1 14.4 11.3 10.9 10.5 12.7 12.8 12.8
Tower Hamlets … 10.7 10.2 10.6 7.1 7.3 7.5 9.3 9.1 9.4
Wandsworth … 17.6 17.1 18.5 12.0 11.8 12.4 15.1 14.8 15.9
Westminster … 20.6 17.2 16.5 12.4 10.3 10.4 17.0 14.2 13.8
County Boroughs
Bath … … 2.7 — — 1.3 — — 2.1 — —
Birmingham … 9.7 10.0 10.3 8.2 8.7 8.4 9.1 9.5 9.6
Blackburn … … 6.9 5.4 6.2 4.9 6.0 7.4 6.2 5.6 6.6
Bolton … … 4.7 5.6 6.4 5.2 7.1 8.5 4.9 6.1 7.2
Bradford … … 7.5 8.0 10.0 9.2 9.7 9.0 8.2 8.6 9.5
Bristol … … 3.9 4.0 4.4 2.8 2.8 2.9 3.5 3.5 3.8
Burton upon Trent 3.2 3.1 3.8 2.5 2.3 2.7 2.9 2.7 3.3
Coventry … … 6.3 6.6 6.9 6.8 6.9 6.4 6.5 6.7 6.7
Derby … … 11.4 6.5 7.2 8.2 5.3 5.1 10.0 6.1 6.5
Dewsbury … … 4.2 5.8 6.1 5.3 5.4 5.5 4.7 5.6 5.9
Dudley … … 2.8 3.6 3.5 2.6 2.7 2.9 2.7 3.3 3.3
Gloucester … … 4.8 4.9 5.4 3.3 3.0 3.3 4.2 4.1 4.6
Halifax … … — — 2.0 — — 2.6 — — 2.2
Huddersfield … 11.4 12.3 14.0 7.6 8.7 9.9 9.8 10.8 12.2
Ipswich … … 4.0 3.4 4.0 2.7 2.3 2.6 3.5 3.0 3.4
Leeds … … 4.4 4.5 4.3 3.8 4.0 4.3 4.2 4.3 4.3
Leicester … … 10.1 11.4 12.9 9.7 11.1 12.2 9.9 11.3 12.6
Luton … … 7.3 7.2 7.8 6.0 6.3 6.9 6.9 6.9 7.5
Manchester … 5.2 5.5 5.8 4.0 4.2 4.4 4.7 5.0 5.3
Northampton … 3.8 3.2 3.5 2.2 1.9 2.1 3.2 2.7 3.0
Nottingham … 8.5 7.3 6.3 5.7 5.3 5.4 7.4 6.6 6.0
Oldham … … 2.1 2.7 3.3 2.4 3.2 3.7 2.2 2.9 3.5
Oxford … … 6.8 5.5 6.2 4.8 4.5 4.6 6.1 5.1 5.6
Preston … … 7.7 8.2 8.7 6.7 7.9 8.6 7.3 8.1 8.7
Reading … … 6.8 7.1 7.5 5.2 5.5 5.8 6.2 6.5 6.8
Rochdale … … 4.4 3.9 5.3 4.2 4.2 3.9 4.3 4.0 4.8
Sheffield … … 2.6 2.8 3.0 1.9 2.0 2.1 2.3 2.5 2.6
Southampton … 2.5 2.4 2.6 1.6 1.8 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.4
Walsall … … 6.2 7.4 8.1 6.7 7.1 7.5 6.4 7.3 7.9
Warley … … 9.7 10.7 10.8 9.3 9.3 9.8 9.6 10.2 10.5
West Bromwich … 5.6 6.4 6.8 4.9 5.0 5.0 5.3 5.8 6.1
Wolverhampton … 13.2 14.7 15.4 9.7 10.7 10.5 11.8 13.1 13.5
* Percentages for 1968 refer to all immigrant pupils as precise figures of Commonwealth pupils are not available.
† For this purpose immigrant pupils are defined as:—
(i) children born outside the British Isles who have come to this country with, or to join, parents or guardians whose countries of origin were abroad; and
(ii) children born in the United Kingdom to parents whose countries of origin were abroad and who came to the United Kingdom within the last ten years.

Mr. Powell

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether she will now publish for London boroughs and county boroughs of over 50,000 population, the customary statistics of new Commonwealth immigrant children on 1st January, 1970, where such children exceeded 2 per cent.

Mr. van Straubenzee

Figures for Commonwealth immigrants as a whole have today been given to the hon. Member for Huddersfield, West (Mr. Lomas). Figures for new Commonwealth immigrant children are as follows:

LONDON BOROUGHS AND COUNTY BOROUGHS WITH POPULATIONS OF 50,000 OR MORE WHERE THE NUMBER OF NEW COMMONWEALTH IMMIGRANT CHILDREN* EXCEED 2 PER CENT. OF ALL PUPILS IN MAINAINED PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS
January, 1970
Primary Schools Secondary Schools Primary and Secondary Schools
OUTER LONDON BOROUGHS
Barnet 6.5 5.0 5.8
Brent 26.5 22.8 25.2
Croydon 8.0 7.0 7.6
Ealing 19.4 19.5 19.4
Enfield 5.7 4.7 5.3
Haringey 29.4 21.6 26.5
Harrow 3.8 3.6 3.8
Hillingdon 2.4 2.5 2.4
Hounslow 9.1 9.5 9.2
Merton 7.3 4.2 5.9
Newham 15.8 12.8 14.6
Redbridge 5.0 4.8 4.9
Richmond upon Thames 2.2 2.1 2.1
Waltham Forest 11.1 9.5 10.5
INNER LONDON BOROUGHS
Camden 13.7 10.3 12.1
Greenwich 4.8 4.9 4.8
Hackney 28.2 20.0 25.0
Hammersmith 18.1 13.5 16.3
Islington 22.9 18.5 21.2
Kensington and Chelsea 13.6 10.8 12.4
Lambeth 21.0 15.9 19.1
Lewisham 16.0 8.8 13.3
Southwark 14.3 10.4 12.7
Tower Hamlets 10.6 7.4 9.3
Wandsworth 18.4 12.3 15.8
Westminster 16.2 10.1 13.5
COUNTY BOROUGHS
Birmingham 10.3 8.4 9.6
Blackburn 6.2 7.4 6.6
Bolton 6.4 8.4 7.2
Bradford 10.0 9.0 9.5
Bristol 4.4 2.9 3.8
Burton upon Trent 3.8 2.7 3.3
Coventry 6.9 6.4 6.7
Derby 7.2 5.1 6.5
Dewsbury 6.1 5.5 5.9
Dudley 3.5 2.9 3.3
Gloucester 5.4 3.3 4.6
Halifax 2.0 2.6 2.2
Huddersfield 14.0 9.9 12.2
Ipswich 4.0 2.6 3.4
Leeds 4.3 4.3 4.3
Leicester 12.9 12.2 12.6
Luton 7.8 6.8 7.4
Manchester 5.8 4.4 5.3
January, 1970
Primary Schools Secondary Schools Primary and Secondary Schools
Northampton 3.5 2.1 3.0
Nottingham 6.3 5.4 6.0
Oldham 3.3 3.7 3.4
Oxford 6.1 4.5 5.5
Preston 8.7 8.6 8.7
Reading 7.4 5.7 6.8
Rochdale 5.3 3.9 4.8
Sheffield 3.0 2.0 2.6
Southampton 2.6 2.0 2.3
Walsall 8.1 7.5 7.9
Warley 10.8 9.7 10.4
West Bromwich 6.8 5.0 6.1
Wolverhampton 15.4 10.4 13.5
* For this purpose immigrant pupils are defined as
(i) children born outside the British Isles who have come to this country with, or to join, parents or guardians whose countries of origin were abroad; and
(ii) children born in the United Kingdom to parents whose countries of origin were abroad and who came to the United Kingdom within the last ten years.