HC Deb 19 February 1988 vol 127 cc766-7W
Mr. Nigel Griffiths

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will republish a table, in the manner of his answer of 12 February,Official Report, columns 375–6, showing the numbers and percentages of (a) Welsh and (b) Northern Irish students and relating to (i) Welsh and (ii) Northern Irish universities.

Mr. Jackson

The complete cross classification of country of location by country of domicile is shown in the following table:

is the percentage of the pupil population of (a) outer London, (b) south-east England and (c) England who attend independent schools.

Mr. Dunn

Information on pupils' home addresses is not held centrally. The number of pupils in independent schools as a percentage of all pupils in school in each of the last five years in the following areas was:

Pupils in independent schools as a percentage of all pupils in the Inner London Education Authority, Outer London, Other South East and England in January of each year
1983 1984 1985 1986 1987
ILEA 10.7 11.2 116 12.0 12.4
Outer London 7.3 7.4 7.6 7.7 8.1
Other South East 9.5 9.7 9.9 10.1 10.4
England 6.2 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.9