§ Mr. Andrew F. Bennettasked the Paymaster General, how many children in each local authority are taking part in the technical and vocational education initiative at the latest date for which data are available, and for the previous year.
§ Mr. Trippier14 local education authorities started projects in 1983, and have therefore had 3 student intakes; 47 further authorities started 48 projects in 1984, with Strathclyde education authority running separate projects in 2 of its divisions; 12 authorities started projects in 1985.
The following figures give the numbers of children taking part in the initiative as at September 1985, with revised totals for September 1984.
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Authority Position at September 1984 Position at September 1985 Barnsley* 708 1,144 Bedfordshire* 977 1,213 Berkshire 239 489 Birmingham 500 794 Bolton 179 419 Borders 236 534 Bradford* 510 760 Bromley† — 228 Buckinghamshire 259 494 Bury 197 383 Cambridgeshire 225 460 Cheshire 200 390 Cleveland 214 422 Clwyd* 509 913 Cornwall 286 565 Coventry 259 518 Croydon 235 477 Cumbria 226 448 Derbyshire 236 492 Devon* 554 805 Doncaster 236 484 Dudley 250 498 Dumfries and Galloway 199 429 Durham 259 510 Dyfed† — 250 Ealing† — 195 East Sussex 249 502 Enfield* 412 674 Essex 235 498 Fife 232 470 Glasgow† 238 451 Gloucestershire 271 536 Gwent 250 500 Gwnyedd 230 482 Hampshire 323 586 Havering 247 494 Hereford and Worcester* 513 764 Hertfordshire* 606 876 Isle of Wight 265 528 Kent† — 225 Kingston† — 243 Leicestershire* 1,007 1,524
Authority Position at September 1984 Position at September 1985 Lincolnshire 246 484 Lothiant† — 243 Mid Glamorgan 247 497 Newcastle 239 495 Norfolk 207 438 Northamptonshire 245 496 North Tyneside 253 507 Northumberland 277 550 North Yorkshire† — 274 Powys 267 492 Renfrew‡ 220 442 Richmond 256 504 Sandwell* 1,161 1,491 Shropshire 245 502 Solihull 255 502 Somerset 258 504 South Glamorgan† — 250 South tyneside 251 520 Staffordshire* 632 946 Stockport 251 502 Suffolk 231 452 Sunderland 240 509 Surrey 262 515 Tameside 256 545 Walsall† — 250 Warwickshire 216 433 West Glamorgan 247 503 West Sussex† — 206 Wiltshire† — 256 Wigan* 450 672 Wirral* 509 766 Wolverhampton† — 243 Total 20,692 39,656 * 1983 Project †1985 Project ‡Divisions of Strathclyde EA.