HC Deb 12 April 1973 vol 854 cc343-8W
Miss Lestor

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) what,

LEA Pupils aged 16 years in secondary schools as a percentage of those aged 13 three years previously* 13 years olds in comprehensive schools as a percentage of all 13 year olds*
ENGLAND COUNTIES
Bedfordshire 32.3 6.8
Berkshire 42.7 29.9
Buckinghamshire 39.2 8.0
Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely 34.0 23.6
Cheshire 39.2 9.3
Cornwall 34.9 44.4
Cumberland 36.5 92.0
Derbyshire 32.0 38.6
Devon 36.3 32.2
Dorset 34.8 22.9
Durham 27.7 27.6
Essex 37.7 68.5
Gloucestershire 40.5 38.1
Hampshire 36.0 27.1
Herefordshire 28.4 28.7
Hertfordshire 47.0 74.0
Huntingdon and Peterborough 35.8 60.3
Isle of Wight 38.2 75.2
Isles of Scilly 50.0 95.5
Kent 37.7 14.1
Lancashire 33.0 20.4
Leicestershire 38.4 98.1
Lincolnshire—Holland 28.2 0.1
Lincolnshire—Kesteven 39.8 23.7
Lincolnshire—Lindsey 32.1 43.5
Norfolk 27.7 1.9
Northamptonshire 28.8 43.0
Northumberland 32.6 18.4
Nottinghamshire 27.7 33.2
Oxfordshire 38.5 96.8
Rutland 48.2
Shropshire (Salop) 32.1 20.0
Somerset 29.3 49.8
Staffordshire 33.3 44.5
Suffolk, East 30.6 42.1
Suffolk, West 35.4 11.4
Surrey 48.6 11.7
Sussex East 46.1 35.8
Sussex, West 46.3 58.8
Warwickshire 38.6 17.5
Westmorland 43.1 39.3
Wiltshire 35.5 48.4
Worcestershire 35.3 9.8
Yorkshire, East Riding 46.1 49.1
Yorkshire, North Riding 34.6 50.5
Yorkshire, West Riding 33.2 45.9
TOTAL: England Counties 36.0 35.1

for each local authority in England and Wales, were the figures for January 1972, and the latest available date, of pupils aged 16 years in secondary schools as a percentage of those aged 13 years three years previously;

(2) what were the percentages of 13. year.old children for each local authority in England and Wales in comprehensive schools in January 1972 and at the latest available date.

Mr. St. John-Stevas

Information for January 1972, the latest available, is as follows:

LEA Pupils aged 16 years in secondary schools as a percentage of those aged 13 three years previously * 13 year olds in comprehensive schools as a percentage of all 13 year olds*
ENGLAND COUNTY BOROUGH
Barnsley 23.4 0.1
Barrow-in-Furness 29.9 0.8
Bath 45.5 2.0
Birkenhead 26.7 93.0
Birmingham 32.8 22.7
Blackburn 27.0 99.4
Blackpool 36.1
Bolton 35.3
Bootle 19.4 4.4
Bournemouth 45.5 0.2
Bradford 31.0 75.1
Brighton 30.5 4.6
Bristol 34.0 84.0
Burnley 27.6 99.0
Burton-upon-Trent 26.5
Bury 28.0 0.3
Canterbury 35.2
Carlisle 32.7 100.0
Chester 30.5
Coventry 33.4 73.6
Darlington 34.1 90.1
Derby 29.5 34.8
Dewsbury 22.9 0.3
Doncaster 33.1 100.0
Dudley 26.8 0.2
Eastbourne 34.3
Exeter 25.2
Gateshead 26.5 77.1
Gloucester 37.8 0.7
Great Yarmouth 30.7
Grimsby 27.4 38.4
Halifax 31.6
Hartlepool 24.5
Hastings 37.6 0.3
Huddersfield 28.1
Ipswich 20.1 0.1
Kingston upon Hull 28.3 67.2
Leeds 32.0 21.0
Leicester 28.3 0.1
Lincoln 31.8 16.2
Liverpool 31.0 37.9
Luton 34.6 99.8
Manchester 31.2 63.4
Newcastle upon Tyne 31.0 80.8
Northampton 30.7 97.0
Norwich 28.2 97.6
Nottingham 22.4 7.4
Oldham 23.4 96.1
Oxford 39.9 0.5
Plymouth 33.9 18.0
Portsmouth 32.8 1.3
Preston 28.1 97.9
Reading 36.0 12.1
Rochdale 31.5 74.0
Rotherham 27.2 99.8
St. Helens 25.4 94.1
Salford 20.6 0.4
Sheffield 32.0 98.3
Solihull 43.1 0.1
Southampton 38.2 92.6
Southend-on-Sea 44.4 18.6
Southport 42.1 16.2
South Shields 28.8 0.1
Stockport 31.8 13.5
Stoke-on-Trent 21.4 95.2
Sunderland 27.2 43.0
Teesside 27.6 43.1
Torbay 39.2 0.1
Tynemouth 29.4 88.7
Wakefield 30.4 94.6

LEA Pupils aged 16 years in secondry schools as a percentage of those aged 13 three years previously* 13 year olds in comprehensive schools us a percentage of all 13 year olds*
Wallasey 41.6 66.9
Walsall 29.1 51.8
Warley 28.4 9.5
Warrington 24.4
West BromwiCh 24.2 99.8
Wigan 22.9 21.4
Wolverhampton 29.7 43.5
Worcester 28.4
York 27.6 1.4
TOTAL: England County Boroughs 30.5 43.0
OUTER LONDON BOROUGHS
Barking 24.5 94.6
Barnet 56.5 58.7
Bexley 43.9 1.0
Brent 55.4 91.0
Bromley 56.3 11.0
Croydon 44.7 80.5
Ealing 47.3 20.8
Enfielcl 42.9 90.9
Haringey 45.2 89.6
Harrow 57.2 9.4
Havering 40.9 10.0
Hillingdon 47.4 7.6
Hounslow 45.1 72.3
Kingston upon Thames 47.7 1.9
Merton 42.9 65.0
Newham 27.0 0.7
Redbridge 43.5 16.7
Richmond upon Thames 52.3 6.4
Sutton 54.8 12.6
Waltham Forest 43.6 97.1
LONDON (INNER) 39.1 62.9
TOTAL: London (Inner and Outer) 43.3 50.5
TOTAL: England 35.5 39.7
WALES COUNTIES
Anglesey 40.3 99.8
Breconshire 44.1 99.4
Caernarvonshire 42.9 99.1
Cardiganshire 49.4 54.9
Carmarthenshire 46.1 25.6
Denbighshire 36.9 55.2
Flintshire 34.8 98.7
Glamorgan 33.5 45.3
Merioneth 42.4 100.0
Monmouthshire 33.7 50.2
Montgomeryshire 39.7 100.0
Pembrokeshire 47.4 33.6
Radnorshire 32.9 33.5
TOTAL (Counties) 37.2 57.0
WALES COUNTY BOROUGHS
Cardiff 34.5 99.3
Merthyr Tydfil 34.2 100.0
Newport (Monmouthshire) 38.1 99.9
Swansea 42.7 100.0
TOTAL (County Boroughs) 37.3 99.7
TOTAL: Wales 37.2 66.9
TOTAL: England and Wales 35.5 41.3
* These figures relate only to those children for whom the local education authority has financial responsibility.

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