§ Mr. DunnTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he will list for each local education authority the proportion of school leavers with five or more GCSE results at grades A-C as a percentage of all school leavers, and the rank position of the local education authority in each of the three-year periods 1984–87, 1985–88 and 1986–89.
§ Mr. FallonThe table gives information for leavers from maintained schools, for each local education authority, aggregated over the academic years ending 1985 to 1987, 1986 to 1988 and 1987 to 1989.
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1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89 LEA Per cent. Rank Per cent. Rank Per cent. Rank Coventry 19.9 67 20.7 68 21.2 76 Dudley 21.5 58 22.3 59 25.5 47 Sandwell 13.4 92 14.6 92 15.5 92 Solihull 29.4 11 30.8 11 31.7 12 Walsall 19.1 73 20.9 67 23.4 59 Wolverhampton 15.4 89 17.8 82 19.9 81 Knowsley 10.6 95 10.0 96 8.5 96 Liverpool 17.0 84 17.9 81 19.4 84 St. Helens 23.6 46 23.2 54 20.5 79 Sefton 27.0 21 26.4 31 28.5 26 Wirral 23.5 47 25.9 39 27.8 31 Bolton 24.9 36 26.0 36 28.7 24 Bury 28.4 15 26.4 31 27.7 33 Manchester 17.3 82 15.9 90 16.4 90 Oldham 16.1 87 15.5 91 18.1 86 Rochdale 20.2 64 18.7 76 20.9 77 Salford 18.9 75 21.8 60 23.2 62 Stockport 24.3 41 24.9 43 28.6 25 Tameside 23.5 47 24.7 45 27.1 39 Trafford 31.7 7 31.1 10 30.7 15 Wigan 27.2 19 29.4 15 30.2 18 Barnsley 15.7 88 16.9 87 19.7 82 Doncaster 19.2 72 18.7 76 21.7 73 Rotherham 17.4 81 19.5 73 23.0 63 Sheffield 18.9 75 20.1 69 22.2 68 Bradford 16.7 86 16.0 89 16.9 88 Calderdale 19.3 70 20.0 70 21.5 75 Kirklees 24.1 43 25.1 42 25.6 46 Leeds 21.5 58 21.3 65 22.0 71 Wakefield 15.4 89 17.6 83 17.5 87 Gateshead 18.8 77 19.8 72 20.4 80 Newcastle upon Tyne 17.7 80 17.4 84 21.6 74 North Tyneside 21.9 56 23.3 52 27.5 36 South Tyneside 18.1 79 18.3 79 22.2 68 Sunderland 19.3 70 18.7 76 21.8 72 Inner London 15.4 89 16.1 88 15.9 91 Avon 24.7 38 26.1 35 27.8 31 Bedfordshire 25.9 29 26.0 36 24.9 52 Berkshire 27.5 17 29.3 16 32.3 9 Buckinghamshire 31.6 8 33.4 6 36.0 5 Cambridgeshire 24.4 40 26.0 36 28.0 29 Cheshire 26.6 23 28.3 19 29.1 23 Cleveland 27.5 17 27.1 26 26.5 43 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 25.5 33 27.3 24 29.9 19 Cumbria 24.2 42 26.9 27 28.0 29 Derbyshire 21.5 58 22.4 58 24.6 54 Devon 23.4 49 24.4 47 26.3 44 Dorset 28.4 15 27.2 25 27.6 35 Durham 20.0 65 21.0 66 23.4 59 East Sussex 25.7 30 27.4 23 31.4 13 Essex 25.1 35 26.3 33 27.4 37 Gloucestershire 28.6 14 29.1 17 31.2 14 Hampshire 26.0 28 27.7 21 29.6 21 Hereford and Worcester 25.7 30 28.5 18 29.2 22 Hertfordshire 28.9 13 30.3 12 31.9 11 Humberside 21.1 63 21.5 63 22.6 66 Isle of Wight 18.3 78 17.1 86 19.5 83 Kent 27.1 20 26.5 30 27.3 38 Lancashire 24.7 38 25.6 40 26.8 42 Leicestershire 22.9 51 23.4 49 25.1 51 Lincolnshire 25.3 34 25.2 41 25.2 49 Norfolk 21.9 56 22.7 55 24.5 56 North Yorkshire 31.4 9 32.8 7 34.5 7 Northamptonshire 20.0 65 21.7 61 22.8 64 Northumberland 29.0 12 29.8 13 30.7 15 Nottinghamshire 19.6 68 21.6 62 23.4 59 Oxfordshire 26.5 25 26.2 34 27.7 33 Shropshire 27.0 21 27.7 21 30.3 17 Somerset 22.2 53 24.5 46 27.1 39 Staffordshire 23.4 49 23.4 49 24.9 52 Suffolk 22.0 55 22.7 55 24.2 58 Surrey 34.4 4 36.4 3 38.0 4 Warwickshire 26.2 27 26.6 28 28.5 26 West Sussex 32.1 6 32.5 8 35.5 6 Wiltshire 22.2 53 23.9 48 25.9 45 England 23.5 27.4 25.8