HC Deb 12 March 1991 vol 187 c445W
Dame Jill Knight

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list those countries which have compulsory schooling starting for a younger age group than in the United Kingdom.

Mr. Fallon

Compulsory education age limits are listed in the "UNESCO Statistical Yearbook 1990". Of the 170 countries for which limits are given, Gibraltar is the only one where compulsory schooling starts at an earlier age than in the United Kingdom.

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