§ Mr. Andrew F. Bennettasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many children in each local authority are taking part in the technical and vocational education initiative.
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§ Mr. Peter MorrisonThe local education authorities which started technical and vocational education initiative projects in 1983 and have had two annual intakes of students have the following numbers currently taking part.
Authority Number of students Barnsley 708 Bedfordshire 1,039 Birmingham 500 Bradford 517 Clwyd 684 Devon 554 Enfield 412 Hereford and Worcester 507 Hertfordshire 606 Leicestershire 1,037 Sandwell 1,147 Staffordshire 624 Wigan 458 Wirral 509 The local education authorities in England and Wales and education authorities in Scotland which started projects in 1984 have the following numbers taking part:
Authority Number of students Berkshire 239 Bolton 179 Borders 194 Buckinghamshire 259 Bury 197 Cambridgeshire 225 Cheshire 200 Cleveland 222 Cornwall 293 Coventry 267 Croydon 235 Cumbria 226 Derbyshire 236 Doncaster 236 Dudley 250 Dumfries and Galloway 227 Durham 259 East Sussex 249 Essex 235 Fife 232 Gloucestershire 271 Gwent 250 Gwynedd 230 Hampshire 245 Havering 256 Isle of Wight 264 Mid Glamorgan 246 Newcastle 239 Norfolk 207 Northamptonshire 245 Northumberland 277 North Tyneside 253 Powys 267 Richmond 250 Shropshire 242 Solihull 256 Somerset 258 South Tyneside 250 Stockport 251 Strathclyde: Glasgow 238 Strathclyde: Renfrew 220 Suffolk 231 Sunderland 240 Surrey 262 Tameside 256 Warwickshire 216 West Glamorgan 247