HC Deb 22 November 1985 vol 87 cc340-2W
Mr. Fisher

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he will publish a list showing the percentages of pupils in each education authority in England and Wales who (a) stay on to sixth form and (b) continue full-time further education, in the last year for which statistics are available.

Mr. Dunn

The percentages of young people aged 16 who remained in full-time education in maintained secondary schools or in further education establishments in English local education authorities in 1984–85 are given below. Statistics for schools and further education establishments in Wales are the responsibility of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales.

Percentages
(a) Maintained secondary schools (b) Further education establishments
Barking 18 13
Barnet 57 13
Bexley 33 15

(a) Maintained secondary schools (b) Further education establishments
Brent 46 12
Bromley 39 14
Croydon 30 18
Ealing 38 16
Enfield 36 14
Haringey 35 19
Harrow 55 17
Havering 27 16
Hillingdon 33 13
Hounslow 45 13
Kingston-upon-Thames 43 15
Merton 40 16
Newham 28 17
Redbridge 38 15
Richmond-upon-Thames 1 55
Sutton 35 21
Waltham Forest 35 13
Inner London 33 16
Birmingham 25 18
Coventry 28 15
Dudley 14 29
Sandwell 18 17
Solihull 21 23
Walsall 24 13
Wolverhampton 23 18
Knowsley 16 18
Liverpool 27 15
St. Helens 23 18
Sefton 28 26
Wirral 30 16
Bolton 22 18
Bury 30 20
Manchester 29 13
Oldham 17 13
Rochdale 24 12
Salford 21 15
Stockport 29 17
Tameside 19 18
Trafford 19 25
Wigan 20 24
Barnsley 16 19
Doncaster 25 11
Rotherham 21 16
Sheffield 22 19
Bradford 30 10
Calderdale 26 14
Kirklees 26 19
Leeds 28 16
Wakefield 15 25
Gateshead 19 20
Newcastle upon Tyne 27 14
North Tyneside 29 18
South Tyneside 19 14
Sunderland 20 12
Isles of Scilly 41
Avon 28 17
Bedfordshire 31 14
Berkshire 32 21
Buckinghamshire 34 20
Cambridgeshire 26 22
Cheshire 28 20
Cleveland 25 19
Cornwall 29 23
Cumbria 24 18
Derbyshire 19 23
Devon 20 27
Dorset 26 18

(a) Maintained secondary schools (b) Further education establishments
Durham 20 16
East Sussex 34 19
Essex 27 17
Gloucestershire 28 16
Hampshire 24 26
Hereford and Worcester 24 22
Hertfordshire 35 20
Humberside 25 15
Isle of Wight 28 21
Kent 30 20
Lancashire 14 26
Leicestershire 33 14
Lincolnshire 21 24
Norfolk 22 20
North Yorkshire 30 21
Northamptonshire 25 17
Northumberland 30 17
Nottinghamshire 21 15
Oxfordshire 31 21
Shropshire 26 20
Somerset 17 33
Staffordshire 21 20
Suffolk 27 13
Surrey 45 17
Warwickshire 23 27
West Sussex 37 17
Wiltshire 17 31