HC Deb 03 June 1980 vol 985 c689W
Mr. Cockeram

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science when

Number of pupils (age at 31 December 1978) Percentage remaining at school†
16* 17 18 19 16* 17 18 19
North … … 6,496 7,630 2,509 151 18.8 15.2 5.1 0.3
Yorkshire and Humberside … … 11,466 12,741 4,139 249 21.6 16.8 5.6 0.4
North-West … … 13,843 16,245 5,226 303 19.5 15.9 5.3 0.3
East Midlands … … 8,050 9,157 3,122 215 20.1 16.3 5.7 0.4
West Midlands … … 11,873 12,875 4,308 331 21.2 16.1 5.5 0.5
East Anglia … … 3,368 3,658 1,165 57 19.9 15.4 5.1 0.3
Greater London … … 21,786 21,173 6,719 615 34.0 23.0 7.4 0.7
Other South-East … 29,861 30,957 10,025 564 30.7 22.5 7.5 0.4
South-West … … 9,303 9,435 2,961 135 23.1 16.6 5.3 0.3
England … … 116,046 123,871 40,174 2,620 24.5 18.4 6.1 0.4
* Excluding pupils with birthdays in September to December 1978.
† Numbers of pupils aged 16, 17, 18 and 19 years as percentage of the relevant numbers of 14-year-olds two, three, four and five years earlier respectively.