HC Deb 13 February 1989 vol 147 cc4-5W
Mr. Nicholas Bennett

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list all local education authorities in England in rank order of expenditure per secondary pupil per year, starting with the highest spending authority, together with their position in the table of examination results for school leavers achieving five or more O-levels at grade A to C or CSE grade 1, in the latest year for which figures are available and in which these examinations were sat.

Mrs. Rumbold

The information is as follows

Examination results
Expenditure per pupil £ percentage of leavers attaining 5+ higher grades at O-level/CSE Ranking
Trafford 1,315 32.1 8
Cumbria 1,315 25.9 30
Avon 1,310 24.7 38
Sunderland 1,305 19.3 71
Derbyshire 1,305 20.6 60
Sutton 1,300 42.3 1
Wakefield 1,290 17.7 76
Shropshire 1,285 28.1 16
Wirral 1,280 23.8 44
Solihull 1,280 32.1 7
Berkshire 1,280 27.8 19
Sefton 1,275 24.7 39
Stockport 1,270 25.1 33
Humberside 1,270 21.9 53
Gloucestershire 1,260 27.6 20
Surrey 1,260 36.5 3
Essex 1,255 23.6 46
Oldham 1,255 14.4 89
Staffordshire 1,255 23.0 51
Lancashire 1,255 23.1 49
Kirklees 1,250 23.4 48
Northamptonshire 1,250 18.4 73
Bedfordshire 1,250 26.0 29
North Yorkshire 1,240 30.4 12
Bradford 1,235 16.1 83
Cheshire 1,235 26.7 25
East Sussex 1,235 24.7 37
Leeds 1,230 19.9 66
Norfolk 1,230 20.3 63
Rotherham 1,230 15.7 85
Bolton 1,230 25.2 32
Wiltshire 1,230 20.0 65
Northumberland 1,230 28.4 15
Devon 1,225 22.9 52
Durham 1,225 21.0 57
Hampshire 1,220 27.4 21
Warwickshire 1,220 24.8 36
West Sussex 1,220 31.5 10
Cambridgeshire 1,205 24.9 35
Somerset 1,195 21.9 54
Dorset 1,190 26.5 27
Lincolnshire 1,185 26.2 28
Hereford and Worcester 1,180 26.7 24
Cornwall 1,175 25.0 34
Suffolk 1,165 21.4 55
Isle of Wight 1,150 16.2 82
Kent 1,145 25.8 31
Haringey n/a 13.7 91
Newham n/a 14.0 90

Mr. Nicholas Bennett

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) if he will list the number of children sitting(a) CSE exams, (b) O-level exams, and (c) A-level exams in each local education authority in England as a percentage of the total number in the relevant year groups in each authority for the latest available year in which their examinations were sat;

(2) if he will list by each local education authority in England the total number of children achieving (a) CSE grades 2–5, (b) O-level grades A-C and CSE grade 1, and (c) A-level grades A to E as a percentage of the total number of pupils in the relevant year group in each authority, for the latest available year in which these examinations were sat.

Mrs. Rumbold

The information is not available.

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