§ Mr. Ridleyasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish, on the same basis as table 6 et seq, of Command Paper No. 6721-I, an analysis of public expenditure between 1971–72 and 1978–79
876Wthe designated area of Telford New Town and the metropolitan borough of Birmingham, respectively, in the last year for which figures are available.
§ Miss Margaret JacksonInformation is not collected in the form requested, but my Department does collect information of examination achievements from a one in 10 sample of schoolchildren at the point where they leave school. The sample is designed to produce national and regional figures only; in general due to sampling error figures for individual counties or smaller areas are unreliable.
broken down by spending authority and economic category.
§ Mr. Joel BarnettIn view of the number of figures to be compiled, I will write to the hon. Member in due course.