HC Deb 29 March 1984 vol 57 c231W
Mr. McNamara

asked the Attorney-General whether criminal charges under section 2 of the Official Secrets Act have been preferred against any person leaking information about the Government's intention to expand the Territorial Army.

The Attorney-General

No information has been referred to me on this matter which gives rise to the question of criminal charges.

Numbers of pupils aged 16 remaining at school Proportion of pupils aged 16 remaining at school Numbers of pupils aged 17 remaining at school Proportion of pupils aged 17 remaining at school
Barking 516 22.5 258 11.1
Barnet 2,070 55.9 1,276 33.4
Bexley 1,220 34.8 646 18.9
Brent 1,572 48.1 737 21.9
Bromley 1,723 42.6 982 24.3
Croydon 1,582 33.8 921 19.6
Ealing 1,498 42.3 674 19.0
Enfield 1,527 38.6 829 21.2
Haringey 1,038 37.8 437 15.0
Harrow 1,220 50.8 745 29.7
Havering 1,137 28.2 762 19.4
Hillingdon 1,328 39.6 650 19.2
Hounslow 1,315 46.5 725 24.3
Kingston-upon-Thames 803 46.8 471 27.1
Merton 937 41.7 492 21.7
Newham 1,050 30.5 433 12.9
Redbridge 1,104 36.8 658 21.1
Richmond-upon-Thames* 11 0.7 1 0.1
Sutton 908 38.5 582 24.4
Waltham Forest 1,136 37.0 449 15.2
ILEA 10,377 36.1 5,117 16.8
Birmingham 4,590 27.4 2,624 15.3
Coventry 1,336 26.3 804 15.1
Dudley 827 17.4 724 15.5
Sandwell 1,063 20.8 686 13.3
Solihull 843 24.1 706 19.9
Walsall 1,189 24.6 826 17.2
Wolverhampton 1,089 26.0 655 15.2
Knowsley 707 20.7 348 9.6
Liverpool 1,999 25.1 1,283 14.9
St. Helens 743 24.0 589 18.8
Sefton 1,431 29.7 1,010 19.4
Wirral 1,545 29.5 984 18.2
Bolton 985 22.8 760 17.2
Bury 810 29.3 580 21.0
Manchester 2,079 28.3 1,283 16.7
Oldham 611 17.9 412 12.1
Rochdale 897 27.1 567 16.6
Salford 923 23.9 653 15.6
Stockport 1,475 32.8 994 21.2
Tameside 598 17.2 495 14.1
Trafford 578 17.5 524 15.4
Wigan* 1,002 19.0 714 14.0