HC Deb 31 October 1988 vol 139 cc465-6W
Mr. Holt

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many school leavers there were in each of the past 10 years in(a) Langbaurgh, (b) Middlesbrough and (c) Cleveland.

Mr. Butcher

The figures for the Cleveland local education authority are as follows. Corresponding information for the Langbaurgh and Middlesbrough areas is not available centrally.

Maintained schools
Thousands
Academic year ending Total number of school leavers in Cleveland
1978 10.5
1979 10.5
1980 11.0
1981 10.1
1982 10.6
1983 10.2
1984 10.0
1985 10.2
1986 9.9
1987 9.5