HC Deb 13 November 1990 vol 180 cc101-2W
Mr. Tony Banks

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what percentage of Newham school leavers have no qualifications according to the most recent statistics.

Mr. Eggar

The latest available information is for 1989. Because the data came from a sample survey, figures for the smaller LEAs, like Newham, are given on a three-year aggregate to reduce sampling error.

Leavers from maintained schools in 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89
All leavers Leavers awarded no graded result
(000s) percent
Newham 8.38 21.0
England 1,856.99 9.5