§ Mr. Barry Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Wales what is his estimate of the number of school leavers in Wales since Easter 1985 inclusive.
§ Mr. John Stradling ThomasInformation on the characteristics of school leavers in the school year 1984–85, including information on the dates of departure, is not currently available. However, the number of school leavers over the whole year is provisionally estimated to be about 44,000. Of these, about 3 per cent. are estimated to have left in the autumn term, about 9 per cent. in the spring term with the remaining 88 per cent. leaving in the summer term.