§ Mr. Cartwrightasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prosecutions were brought against parents for non-attendance of children at school in the Inner London area during each of the past five years.
§ Mr. JohnThe information available relates to all offences under the Education Acts 1944–1953, including, but not identifying separately, offences under Section 39 associated with non-attendance of children at school. The number of persons prosecuted at magistrates' courts in the
Percentage of the electorate* who County Voted "Yes" Voted "No" Abstained† Clwyd … … … … … 45.0 20.1 34.9 Dyfed … … … … … 44.8 21.4 33.8 Gwent … … … … … 41.7 25.5 32.8 Gwynedd … … … … … 451 18.8 36.2 Mid Glamorgan … … … … … 37.4 28.3 34.3 Powys … … … … … 50.0 17.3 32.8 South Glamorgan … … … … … 45.9 20.2 34.0 West Glamorgan … … … … … 41.0 25.5 33.4 * These percentages are based on the number of electors in each constituency as shown on the electoral register and published in December 1976 by the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys in "Electoral statistics" 1975 England and Wales (Series EL No. 2) (page 19). Numbers of "Yes" votes, "No" votes, rejected votes and total ballot papers are contained in "The Certificate of the Chief Counting Officer" (Cmnd. 6105). † The percentage who abstained includes those whose votes were rejected.