HC Deb 22 May 1972 vol 837 cc293-5W
Mr. Powell

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether she will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT, for London boroughs and county

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 MAINTAINED PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS
January, 1970 January, 1971
Primary Schools Secondary Schools Primary and Secondary Schools Primary Schools Secondary Schools Primary and Secondary Schools
OUTER LONDON BOROUGHS:
Barnet … 6.5 5.0 5.8 6.7 5.4 6.1
Brent … 26.5 22.8 25.2 26.9 24.1 25.8
Croydon … 8.0 7.0 7.6 7.7 7.1 7.5
Ealing … 19.4 19.5 19.4 20.3 20.7 20.5
Enfield ? 5.7 4.7 5.3 6.0 5.3 5.7
Haringey … 29.4 21.6 26.5 29.2 22.1 26.6
Harrow … 3.8 3.6 3.8 4.5 4.7 4.6
Hillingdon … 2.4 2.5 2.4 2.6 2.8 2.7
Hounslow … 9.1 9.5 9.2 9.3 10.4 9.7
Merton … 7.3 4.2 5.9 8.2 5.0 6.6
Newham … 15.8 12.8 14.6 17.1 13.9 15.8
Redbridge … 5.0 4.8 4.9 5.1 4.9 5.1
Richmond upon Thames … 2.2 2.1 2.1 1.9 2.1 2.0
Waltham Forest … 11.1 9.5 10.5 11.8 10.6 11.4
INNER LONDON BOROUGHS:
Camden … 13.7 10.3 12.1 12.1 9.0 10.7
Greenwich … 4.8 4.9 4.8 4.5 5.3 4.9
Hackney … 28.2 20.0 25.0 22.6 19.9 21.6
Hammersmith … 18.1 13.5 16.3 17.8 13.4 16.0
Islington … 22.9 18.5 21.2 21.6 17.6 20.1
Kensington and Chelsea … 13.6 10.8 12.4 12.5 11.3 12.0
Lambeth … 21.0 15.9 19.1 19.8 16.1 18.5
Lewisham … 16.0 8.8 13.3 15.9 9.5 13.5
Southwark … 14.3 10.4 12.7 14.5 10.1 12.7
Tower Hamlets … 10.6 7.4 9.3 10.3 7.1 9.0
Wandsworth … 18.4 12.3 15.8 16.8 12.6 15.0
Westminster … 16.2 10.1 13.5 16.2 9.6 13.2
COUNTY BOROUGHS:
Birmingham … 10.3 8.4 9.6 9.9 8.9 9.5
Blackburn … 6.2 7.4 6.6 7.0 8.4 7.5
Bolton … 6.4 8.4 7.2 7.3 9.5 8.1
Bradford … 10.0 9.0 9.5 11.0 9.6 10.5
Bristol … 4.4 2.9 3.8 4.5 3.1 3.9
Burton upon Trent … 3.8 2.7 3.3 3.8 3.0 3.5
Coventry … 6.9 6.4 6.7 7.3 6.6 7.0
Derby … 7.2 5.1 6.5 7.5 4.5 6.4
Dewsbury … 6.1 5.5 5.9 6.5 5.6 6.1
Dudley … 3.5 2.9 3.3 3.3 3.2 3.3
Gloucester … 5.4 3.3 4.6 5.2 3.0 4.3
Halifax … 2.0 2.6 2.2 1.6 3.0 2.2
Huddersfield … 14.0 9.9 12.2 14.2 10.2 12.5
Ipswich … 4.0 2.6 3.4 3.9 2.5 3.4
Leeds … 4.3 4.3 4.3 3.6 4.4 3.9
Leicester … 12.9 12.2 12.6 13.8 13.0 13.5
Luton … 7.8 6.8 7.4 7.4 7.1 7.3
Manchester … 5.8 4.4 5.3 6.8 4.6 6.0
Northampton … 3.5 2.1 3.0 3.9 2.2 3.2
Nottingham … 6.3 5.4 6.0 5.9 5.1 5.6

boroughs of over 50,000 population, the customary statistics of new Commonwealth immigrant children on 1st January, 1971, where such children exceeded 2 per cent. showing the corresponding figures for 1st January, 1970.

Mr. van Straubenzee

Figures for new Commonwealth immigrant children are as follows:

January, 1970 January, 1971
Primary Schools Secondary Schools Primary and Secondary Schools Primary Schools Secondary Schools Primary and Secondary Schools
Oldham … … … 3.3 3.7 3.4 3.6 4.0 3.7
Oxford … … … 6.1 4.5 5.5 5.8 4.6 5.3
Preston … … … 8.7 8.6 8.7 10.2 9.0 9.8
Reading … … … 7.4 5.7 6.8 7.7 6.0 7.0
Rochdale … … … 5.3 3.9 4.8 6.2 5.7 6.0
Sheffield … … … 3.0 2.0 2.6 2.9 2.1 2.6
Southampton … … … 2.6 2.0 2.3 2.7 2.2 2.5
Walsall … … … 8.1 7.5 7.9 8.9 7.6 8.4
Warley … … … 10.8 9.7 10.4 11.0 9.8 10.6
West Bromwich … … 6.8 5.0 6.1 6.7 4.7 6.0
Wolverhampton … … 15.4 10.4 13.5 14.9 10.1 13.0
* For this purpose immigrant pupils arc 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.