§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what proportion of (a) all, (b) male and (c) female secondary school pupils in England and in each of the English regions obtained five or more O-level passes in 1974.
§ Miss Joan LestorThe percentages of school leavers during 1973–74 who had five or more O-level passes were as follows:
Boys Girls Boys and Girls North 19.1 20.5 19.8 Yorkshire and Humberside 21.0 22.2 21.6 North-West 21.8 22.6 22.2 East Midlands 20.2 20.5 20.3 West Midlands 20.7 20.8 20.8 East Anglia 20.7 21.7 21.2 South-East 25.6 25.8 25.7 South-West 25.6 25.9 25.7 England 22.9 23.4 23.1 These figures exclude leavers from special schools and independent schools not recognised as efficient.