§ Mr. Merlyn Reesasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many pupils entered the first 353W form in maintained secondary schools in (a) England and Wales, (b) the city of Leeds district council and (c) the parliamentary constituency of Morley and Leeds, South.
§ Mr. DunnInformation on the number of pupils entering maintained secondary schools is not collected on a regular basis. The nearest approximation is the number of pupils in school whose ages were at or below the designated lower limit of the school's age range. The number of such pupils in maintained secondary schools (excluding middle deemed secondary) in Leeds local education authority and in England in January 1986 were 9,140 and 592,339 respectively. Figures for areas smaller than local education authorities are not readily available centrally.
Figures for Wales are the responsibility of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales.