HC Deb 11 May 1982 vol 23 cc216-7W
Dr. Thomas

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list in the Official Report those local authorities that still operate grammar schools.

Sir Keith Joseph

In January 1981, the latest date for which information is available, the following 36 local education authorities in England had one or more grammar

schools: Bolton
Barnet Trafford
Bexley Calderdale
Bromley Kirklees
Enfield Inner London
Kingston upon Thames Avon
Redbridge Berkshire
Sutton Bucknghamshire
Birmingham Cumbria
Walsall Derbyshire
Wolverhampton Devon
Liverpool Dorset
Wirral Essex
Gloucestershire
Hereford and Worcester

Kent North Yorkshire
Lancashire Shropshire
Lincolnshire Staffordshire
Norfolk Warwickshire