§ Mr. Peter Bruinvelsasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science, pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Leicester East, Official Report, 15 May, columns 511–2, what information he has on the percentage of school leavers in Leicestershire, obtaining one or more A-levels, five or more higher grade O-levels or CSE grade 1 passes, one or more higher grade O-level or CSE grade 1 passes, and no graded O-level or CSE results, in each year from 1965 to 1985.
§ Mr. DunnData for Leicestershire for the years 1964–65 to 1967–68 are not available. The information for 1967–68 to 1984–85 is shown in the following table:
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School Leavers, Leicestershire* Percentage of leavers with Academic Year One or more A level pass 5 or more highert grade passes at O level or CSE 1 or more higher* grade passes at O level or CSE No graded result at O level or CSE 1967–68 12.7 17.5 33.6 56.7 1968–69 11.5 16.6 37.3 51.1 1969–70 12.1 17.6 36.4 49.9 1970–71 16.2 19.9 38.0 45.3 1971–72 13.0 18.6 37.5 47.5 1972–73‡ — — — — 1973–74 11.9 17.0 44.0 22.6 1974–75 11.4 15.1 38.8 21.9 1975.76 13.0 16.3 41.6 22.0 1976–77 14.5 18.9 43.5 20.0 1977–78 13.5 17.7 42.1 17.3 1978–79 13.5 20.4 46.1 14.6 1979–80 14.4 19.1 44.8 14.5 1980–81 16.0 22.6 46.9 12.6 1981–82 15.8 22.1 48.8 11.4 1982–83 17.4 23.3 51.7 10.3 1983–84 16.6 22.8 50.5 9.7 1984–;85 16.8 23.0 50.8 9.5 Notes:
* For the years prior to 1973–74, the figures are derived from the combined totals of the former Leicester county borough and Leicestershire local education authorities.
† From 1974–75 O level grades A-C, CSE grade 1. Prior to 1974–75 0 level examinations were graded pass or fail.
‡ The raising of the school leaving age in 1973 affected the total number of school leavers which was unusually low. Percentages are therefore unrepresentative and have been omitted.