§ Miss Lestorasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT the figures for each local authority gained from the spring 1970 census of the numbers of students for whom grants were paid, and state what proportion of these pupils were over the school leaving age in January, 1970: and what was the average amount paid.
§ Mr. van StraubenzeeThe numbers of pupils for whom maintenance allowances were paid are as follows. All were over the school leaving age in January, 1970. The average amount paid was £72 a year.
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Local Education Authority No. of Pupils Bedfordshire 87 Berkshire 62 Buckinghamshire 79 Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely 85 Cheshire 192 Cornwall 196 Cumberland 244 Derbyshire 289 Devon 165 Dorset 94 Durham 1,127 Essex 255 Gloucestershire 142 Hampshire 221 Herefordshire 45 Hertfordshire 280 Huntingdon & Peterborough. 29 Isle of Wight 15 Isles of Scilly Kent 522 Lancashire 774 Leicestershire 23 Lincs., Holland 17 Lincs., Kesteven 26 Lincs., Lindsey 48 Norfolk 106 Northamptonshire 36 Northumberland 557 Nottinghamshire 33 Oxfordshire 56 Rutland 5 Shropshire (Salop) 26 Somerset 189 Staffordshire 185 88W
Local Education Authority No. of Pupils Suffolk, East 88 Suffolk, West 225 Surrey 118 Sussex, East 73 Sussex, West 47 Warwickshire 123 Westmorland 23 Wiltshire 124 Worcestershire 87 Yorks, East Riding 167 Yorks, North Riding 125 Yorks, West Riding 1,000 Barnsley 52 Barrow-in-Furness 13 Bath 32 Birkenhead 23 Birmingham 537 Blackburn 28 Blackpool 30 Bolton 83 Bootle 37 Bournemouth 100 Bradford 109 Brighton 87 Bristol 148 Burnley 34 Burton-upon-Trent 25 Bury 18 Canterbury 21 Carlisle 61 Chester 10 Coventry 66 Darlington 56 Derby 32 Dewsbury 44 Doncaster 54 Dudley 19 Eastbourne 5 Exeter 21 Gateshead 57 Gloucester 56 Great Yarmouth 77 Grimsby 44 Halifax 58 Hartlepool 89 Hastings 32 Huddersfield 32 Ipswich 101 Kingston upon Hull 302 Leeds 469 Leicester 68 Lincoln 34 Liverpool 534 Luton 30 Manchester 127 Newcastle-upon-Tyne 310 Northampton 18 Norwich 86 Nottingham 102 Oldham 33 Oxford 47 Plymouth 67 Portsmouth 136 Preston 153 Reading 7 Rochdale 42 Rotherham 59 St. Helens 40 Salford 32 Sheffield 212 Solihull 14 Southampton 114 Southend-on-Sea 66
Local Education Authority Number of Pupils Southport 52 South Shields 108 Stockport 42 Stoke-on-Trent 104 Sunderland 315 Swindon E.D. 62 Teesside 255 Torbay 46 Tynemouth 74 Wakefield 45 Wallasey 36 Walsall 61 Warley 26 Warrington 25 West Bromwich 29 Wigan 56 Wolverhampton 183 Worcester 8 York 94 Barking 25 Barnet 37 Bexley 66 Brent 53 Bromley 58 Croydon 76 Ealing 97 Enfield 45 Haringey 63 Harrow 182 Havering 26 Hillingdon 19 Hounslow 44 Kingston-upon-Thames 31 Merton 49 Newham 67 Redbridge 33 Richmond-upon-Thames 27 Sutton 29 Waltham Forest 33 Inner London 1,732 Anglesey 56 Breconshire 32 Caernarvonshire 77 Cardiganshire 48 Carmarthenshire 103 Denbighshire 287 Flintshire 22 Glamorgan 711 Merioneth 32 Monmouthshire 302 Montgomeryshire 15 Pembrokeshire 61 Radnorshire 7 Cardiff 70 Merthyr Tydfil 28 Newport (Mon.) 31 Swansea 23