HC Deb 19 January 1987 vol 108 cc376-7W
Mr. Radice

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list the number of grammar schools in each local education auhority retaining selective secondary education.

Mr. Kenneth Baker

The number of grammar schools in the local education authorities in England which in January 1986 had retained selective education are given below.

Grammar schools
Number
Barnet 2
Bexley 2

Number
Bromley 2
Enfield 1
Kingston-upon-Thames 2
Redbridge 2
Sutton 4
Birmingham 8
Walsall 2
Wolverhampton 1
Wirral 4
Trafford 8
Calderdale 2
Kirklees 1
Avon 2
Berkshire 6
Buckinghamshire 14
Devon 9
Dorset 6
Essex 8
Gloucestershire 10
Kent 28
Lancashire 4
Lincolnshire 15
North Yorkshire 3
Shropshire 2
Warwickshire 5
Wiltshire 2
Total England 155