§ Mr. Campbell-Savoursasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) how many A-level passes there were in each local authority area in the most recent year for which figures are available;
(2) if he will publish in the Official Report the number of CSE and O-level passes in each local education authority in the most recent academic year, the number of children who obtained passes at each level and the number of children in each area in the appropriate age group.
§ Dr. BoysonThe available information is as follows:
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School leavers during the academic year 1979–80 Maintained Schools only Thousands Leavers Awarded O-level or CSE Local Education Authorities* All leavers during academic year 1979–80 †No higher grades but 1 or more other grades but 1 or more other grades ‡1–4 higher grades ‡5 or more higher grades 1 or more A-levels Avon 12.61 4.91 3.44 3.01 1.66 Bedfordshire 7.64 3.17 2.12 1.44 0.80 Berkshire 10.62 4.05 2.98 2.58 1.68 Birmingham 16.59 6.71 4.43 2.87 1.95 Bolton 4.25 1.53 1.18 0.97 0.57 Bradford 7.56 2.65 1.99 1.43 0.86 Bromley 4.27 1.27 1.13 1.38 0.91 Buckinghamshire 8.16 2.66 2.44 2.43 1.51 Cambridgeshire 8.23 2.96 2.60 1.74 0.95 Cheshire 14.91 5.22 4.35 3.60 2.20 Cleveland 11.02 4.26 3.30 2.02 1.32 Cornwall 6.21 2.08 1.89 1.44 0.94 Coventry 5.39 2.09 1.43 0.98 0.59 Croydon 4.58 1.70 1.33 0.97 0.63 Cumbria 7.45 2.78 2.36 1.52 0.86 Derbyshire 13.50 5.39 3.86 2.50 1.36 Devon 12.51 4.39 4.20 2.44 1.18 Doncaster 5.30 2.34 1.52 0.82 0.54 Dorset 7.98 3.11 2.32 2.02 1.19 Dudley 4.84 1.38 1.65 0.94 0.58 Durham 9.76 3.94 2.68 1.79 0.98 East Sussex 7.42 2.63 2.17 1.84 1.13 Enfield 4.00 1.26 1.31 0.99 0.56
Leavers Awarded O-level or CSE Local Education Authorities* All leavers during academic year 1979–80 †No higher grades but 1 or more other grades ‡1–4 higher grades ‡5 or more higher grades 1 or more A-levels Essex 21.58 7.97 6.32 4.94 3.09 Gloucestershire 8.22 3.11 2.27 1.99 1.18 Hampshire 22.45 8.91 6.60 5.19 2.91 Hereford and Worcester 8.69 3.01 2.71 1.94 1.01 Hertfordshire 15.10 5.09 4.86 3.98 2.43 Humberside 14.50 5.49 3.87 2.72 1.69 ILEA 30.72 11.30 8.19 4.33 2.96 Kent 23.10 9.06 6.05 5.61 3.30 Kirklees 5.92 2.54 1.66 0.97 0.63 Lancashire 20.83 7.48 6.43 3.94 2.12 Leeds 11.07 4.51 2.81 2.30 1.64 Leicestershire 12.86 5.20 3.30 2.46 1.85 Lincolnshire 8.23 3.15 2.68 1.74 0.92 Liverpool 9.19 3.66 2.46 1.34 0.90 Manchester 7.73 3.01 1.86 1.26 0.78 Newcastle-upon-Tyne 4.40 1.89 1.12 0.80 0.64 Norfolk 9.52 3.42 2.87 2.01 1.01 North Yorkshire 9.63 3.30 2.74 2.52 1.60 Northamptonshire 8.62 3.36 2.57 1.44 0.79 Northumberland 4.43 1.77 1.18 1.04 0.58 Nottinghamshire 16.80 6.90 4.16 3.32 2.00 Oxfordshire 7.67 2.62 2.51 1.82 1.19 Rotherham 4.45 2.13 0.96 0.85 0.53 Salford 4.32 1.77 1.21 0.53 0.44 Salop 5.58 1.79 1.78 1.29 0.70 Sandwell 5.38 2.40 1.26 0.61 0.33 Sefton 5.34 2.00 1.61 1.11 0.73 Sheffield 8.68 3.72 2.44 1.84 1.18 Somerset 6.00 2.41 1.82 0.97 0.37 Staffordshire 15.59 5.21 4.69 3.21 1.84 Stockport 4.55 1.54 1.37 1.05 0.69 Suffolk 8.31 3.35 2.38 1.58 1.03 Sunderland 5.22 2.02 1.72 0.91 0.51 Surrey 14.31 4.84 3.54 4.61 2.89 Wakefield 5.18 2.09 1.20 0.82 0.41 Walsall 5.14 .00 1.28 0.94 0.63 Warwickshire 7.36 2.50 2.11 1.77 0.98 West Sussex 9.00 3.18 2.72 2.55 1.55 Wigan 5.59 2.08 1.63 1.16 0.48 Wiltshire 7.49 3.14 2.24 1.52 0.88 Wirral 5.42 2.03 1.60 1.33 0.75 Wolverhampton 4.93 2.01 1.38 0.67 0.55 * Data for individual local education authorities have been shown only for authorities with 4,000 or more leavers in 1979–80. Results for smaller areas are unreliable due to sampling variation. † O-level pass D or E or CSE 2–5. ‡ O-level pass A to C or CSE 1.