§ Mr. Fisherasked 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. DunnThe 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.
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Percentages (a) Maintained secondary schools (b) Further education establishments Barking 18 13 Barnet 57 13 Bexley 33 15 342W
(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