§ Ms. RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many applicants and how many acceptances there were for places for the Haberdashers' Aske's Hatcham Wood boys and girls schools for the years beginning September 1990 and September 1989, respectively; and what is the ethnic breakdown of these figures for boys and girls, respectively.
§ Mr. EggarThe recorded intake for the boys' and girls' schools were, for the boys, 96 and 99 and, for the girls, 96 and 97 in 1989 and 1990 respectively. Intake statistics by ethnic background are not held centrally for these years. However, I understand that the girls' school has produced such statistics for its own purposes for 1990.
§ Ms. RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Lewisham, Deptford,Official Report, 28 March, columns 485–86, if he will give the ethnic breakdown for applications and acceptances by the Haberdashers' Aske's city technology colleges for the year beginning September 1991 for boys and girls, respectively.
§ Mr. EggarI refer the hon. Member to the reply that I gave to her on 28 March,Official Report, columns 485–86. It is not possible to identify the sex of all initial applicants (830); of those interviewed 302 were boys and 265 girls.