§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is her estimate in the last available full year of the percentage of school pupils, in each region of England and Wales, who went on to take full-time courses in colleges 637W of further education and universities, respectively.
§ Mr. OakesI regret that data is not available in precisely the form requested. However, the following table shows the number of school leavers by region in England and Wales in 1976 who intended to proceed directly to full-time degree and teacher training courses, and to all other types of full-time further education course expressed as percentages of all school leavers in that year:
Percentage of School Leavers in 1976 going to full-time Degree and Teacher Training Courses Other Further Education Courses North 7.8 7.7 Yorkshire and Humberside 7.9 10.1 North West 8.8 12.2 East Midlands 7.4 13.6 West Midlands 7.9 14.8 East Anglia 7.1 16.8 South East 8.9 14.1 SouthWest 8.5 20.4 Wales 9.7 13.9 England and Wales 8.4 13.6 These statistics are likely to underestimate those going directly to full-time higher and further education, since for one in six leavers head teachers did not provide information about the pupils' destinations.