HC Deb 22 January 1985 vol 71 cc375-6W
18. Mr. Michael Forsyth

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what recent representations he has had concerning compulsory membership of student unions.

Mr. Brooke

Eight representations have been received since January 1984, in most cases from right hon. and hon. Members referring to correspondence they had themselves received.

31. Mr. Chope

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will take steps to calculate the total amount of public funds spent on the financing of university and college student unions.

Mr. Brooke

The information is not available. Its collation would involve making inquiries of a large number of institutions and my right hon. Friend does not believe this to be justified. The best information available

LEAs with Grammar Schools in January 1984
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N
LEA Number of secondary schools* *Pupils in secondary schools Number of grammar schools Number of pupils in grammar schools Percentage of pupils in grammar schools Single sex grammar schools Percentage of all secondary boys in boys grammar schools Percentage of all secondary girls in girls grammar schools Percentage of all secondary pupils in single sex grammar schools
Number of boys Number of girls Boys and girls Number of schools Number in boys schools Number in girls schools Number in boys and girls schools
Barnet 26 9,812 9,704 19,516 2 1,213 6.2 2 0 1,213 1,213 0 12.5 6.2
Bexley 19 8,974 8,780 17,754 2 2,001 11.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bromley 23 10,256 9,992 20,248 2 1,257 6.2 2 584 673 1,257 5.7 6.7 6.2
Enfield 20 10,204 9,775 19,979 1 1,220 6.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kingston upon Thames 11 4,477 4,340 8,817 2 1,561 17.7 2 842 719 1,561 18.8 16.6 17.7
Redbridge 16 7,856 7,456 15,312 2 1,352 8.8 2 772 580 1,352 9.8 7.8 8.8
Sutton 16 6,228 6,008 12,236 4 2,897 23.7 4 1,255 1,642 2,897 20.2 27.3 23.7
Birmingham 98 42,182 39,559 81,741 8 5,542 6.8 8 3,420 2,122 5,542 8.1 5.4 6.8
Walsall 24 13,253 12,672 25,925 2 1,234 4.8 2 640 594 1,234 4.8 4.7 4.8
Wolverhampton 22 10,953 10,797 21,750 1 584 2.7 1 0 584 584 0 5.4 2.7
Liverpool 46 20,351 20,106 40,457 2 847 2.1 2 522 325 847 2.6 1.6 2.1
Wirral 26 13,465 13,150 26,615 4 4,409 16.6 4 2,169 2,240 4,409 16.1 17.0 16.6
Trafford 25 7,744 7,899 15,643 8 5,597 35.8 8 2,498 3,099 5,597 32.3 39.2 35.8
Calderdale 23 8,416 7,966 16,382 7 3,833 23.4 5 1,097 1,099 2,196 13.0 13.8 13.4
Kirklees 40 16,866 16,756 33,622 1 618 1.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Avon 62 33,756 33,094 66,850 2 1,551 2.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Berkshire 65 26,857 26,095 52,952 6 3,811 7.2 3 621 1,201 1,822 2.3 4.6 3.4
Buckinghamshire 51 19,574 18,889 38,463 14 11,919 31.0 10 4,571 4,314 8,885 23.4 22.8 23.1
Cumbria 51 19,572 19,530 39,102 1 356 0.9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Devon 85 33,636 32,468 66,104 10 5,651 8.6 7 1,689 2,025 3,714 5.0 6.2 5.6
Dorset 63 22,993 22,243 45,236 7 4,867 10.8 6 1,906 1,788 3,694 8.3 8.0 8.2
Essex 117 60,774 58,585 119,359 8 5,894 4.9 8 2,983 2,911 5,894 4.9 5.0 4.9
Gloucestershire 52 19,606 19,582 39,188 11 6,914 17.6 9 2,669 3,188 5,857 13.6 16.3 15.0
Hereford and Worcester 82 28,516 28,126 56,642 1 784 1.4 1 0 784 784 0 2.8 1.4
Kent 154 61,269 59,452 120,721 28 19,621 16.3 24 7,328 9,048 16,376 12.0 15.2 13.6
Lancashire 120 53,777 53,190 106,967 5 3,237 3.0 4 1,287 1,129 2,416 2.4 2.1 2.3
Lincolnshire 70 21,150 20,590 41,740 15 8,370 20.1 8 2,393 2,598 4,991 11.3 12.6 12.0
Norfolk 59 24,271 23,216 47,487 3 1,340 2.8 2 188 180 368 0.8 0.8 0.8
North Yorkshire 69 26,417 26,132 52,549 7 4,252 8.1 6 1,770 1,837 3,607 6.7 7.0 6.9
Shropshire 44 16,971 16,362 33,333 2 619 1.9 2 383 236 619 2.3 1.4 1.9
Warwickshire 43 16,377 16,305 32,682 5 2,374 7.3 4 934 997 1,931 5.7 6.1 5.9
Wiltshire 43 20,809 20,232 41,041 2 1,462 3.6 2 717 745 1,462 3.4 3.7 3.6
England 4,444 1,845,951 1,799,635 3,645,586 175 117,187 3.2 138 43,238 47,871 91,109 2.3 2.7 2.5
* Including middle deemed secondary schools".
is that in the academic year 1982–83, United Kingdom universities and polytechnics in England and Wales allocated some £21.4 million to their student unions.