§ Mrs. CurrieTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list in rank order the English local education authorities showing(a) expenditure per secondary school pupil and (b) the proportion of pupils achieving five GCSEs at grade A to C for the most recent year available.
§ Mr. EggarThe table shows school-based spending per secondary pupil in financial year 1989–90 and the average percentage of school leavers obtaining five or more grades A, B or C at GCSE in 1987–88, 1988–89 and 1989–90.
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Net institutional expenditure per secondary pupil 1989–90 (£) Percentage of leavers with five or more GCSE/0/CSE Grades A-C Rank (Passes) Inner London 2.745 17.4 92 Waltham Forest 2,490 17.7 91 Ealing 2,345 21.5 82 44W
Net institutional expenditure per secondary pupil 1989–90 £ Percentage of leavers with five or more GCSE/0/CSE Grades A-C Rank (passes) Newham 2,310 14.3 94 Brent 2,225 23.3 75 Barking 2,200 13.6 95 Coventry 2,180 21.3 83 Salford 2,140 24.9 68 Kingston-upon-Thames 2,120 34.2 14 Sandwell 2,115 17.4 92 Liverpool 2,110 20.7 85 Knowsley 2,105 11.6 96 Rochdale 2,050 24.5 70 Hillingdon 2,010 27.3 54 South Tyneside 2,010 26.8 59 Wigan 2,000 34.6 12 Walsall 1,995 25.5 65 Havering 1,990 28.6 46 Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1,980 22.3 80 Harrow 1,975 44.1 1 Wirral 1,975 32.5 22 Derbyshire 1,975 26.9 57 Wolverhampton 1,975 21.2 84 St. Helens 1,970 22.9 77 Bromley 1,955 31.7 27 Dudley 1,955 28.9 43 Nottinghamshire 1,955 24.7 69 Barnet 1,945 39.0 5 Croydon 1,935 22.9 77 Merton 1,925 28.7 45 Trafford 1,920 32.8 20 Sheffield 1,920 25.9 64 Cleveland 1,915 27.3 54 Hertfordshire 1,900 36.1 10 Leicestershire 1,900 28.4 48 Gateshead 1,865 20.7 85 Stockport 1,860 34.9 11 Bury 1,860 23.1 76 Shopshire 1,855 32.4 23 Redbridge 1,855 25.3 66 Buckinghamshire 1,850 41.2 2 Cumbria 1,845 29.6 39 Sunderland 1,845 24.1 72 Sutton 1,840 37.0 8 Bolton 1,840 31.9 26 Solihull 1,835 33.4 16 Tameside 1,835 29.1 42 Birmingham 1,835 22.7 79 Bexley 1,820 30.2 34 Lancashire 1,820 29.4 41 Suffolk 1,820 26.6 60 Enfield 1,815 31.4 29 Bedfordshire 1,815 27.3 54 Oxfordshire 1,810 29.8 37 Rotherham 1,810 28.6 46 Kirklees 1,810 28.2 49 Norfolk 1,810 27.8 51 Doncaster 1,805 23.6 73 Essex 1,800 30.9 31 Avon 1,800 30.2 34 Barnsley 1,795 26.9 57 Richmond-upon-Thames 1,790 38.0 6 Hampshire 1,790 32.8 20 Staffordshire 1,790 26.6 60 Warwickshire 1,770 30.9 31 East Sussex 1,765 36.5 9 Oldham 1,765 21.7 81 North Yorkshire 1,760 37.6 7 Humberside 1,760 23.4 74 West Sussex 1,745 39.6 4 Somerset 1,745 31.4 29 Gloucestershire 1,735 34.3 13 Berkshire 1,735 32.4 23 Durham 1,735 26.3 63 Cheshire 1,725 33.3 18 Note: "Per pupil expenditure figures are derived from LEAs' returns of their spending to the Department of the Environment and their pupil numbers to the Department of Education and Science. Figures are for 1989–90, the latest year for which actual spending information is available; 'n/a' indicates that a return was not received from the authority. Net institutional expenditure covers spending on salaries and wages, recurrent premises costs, books and equipment, and certain other supplies and services. It excludes spending on LEA administration, home to school transport, school meals and financing costs of capital expenditure."
Net institutional expenditure per secondary pupil 1989–90 (£) Percentage of leavers with five or more GCSE/0/CSE Grades A-C Rank (passes) Sefton 1,715 33.3 18 Leeds 1,715 24.3 71 Devon 1,710 29.5 40 Cornwall including Scilly 1,700 33.8 15 Wiltshire 1,700 30.1 36 Northamptonshire 1,685 27.8 51 Lincolnshire 1,680 26.6 60 Surrey 1,675 40.7 3 Calderdale 1,665 27.8 51 Northumberland 1,645 33.4 16 Cambridge 1,640 29.8 37 Hereford and Worcester 1,635 32.1 25 Dorset 1,635 31.5 28 Bradford 1,635 17.8 90 Isle of Wight 1,575 28.1 50 Kent 1,570 28.9 43 North Tyneside n/a 30.3 33 Hounslow n/a 25.2 67 Wakefield n/a 20.3 87 Manchester n/a 20.2 88 Haringey n/a 19.8 89
§ Mrs. CurrieTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list in rank order, by local education authority, the proportion of 16 and 17-year-olds staying on at school or going into full-time education.
§ Mr. EggarData for 1989–90 were published last year and are available in the Library. Participation rates for 1990–91 will appear in a statistical bulletin in May. Copies will be placed in the Library.
§ Mrs. CurrieTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what proportion of 16 and 17-year-olds in Derbyshire(a) stayed on at school, (b) went into other full-time education or (c) received some form of part-time education in 1979, 1986 and the most recent year available.
§ Mr. EggarParticipation rates for 16 and 17-year-olds in Derbyshire who stayed on at school or in other full-time and part-time education in 1979, 1986 and 1989 are as follows:
Percentage of population 1979–80 1986–87 1989–90 Age 16 School 18 18 21 Full-time further education 17 26 29 Part-time further education 17 17 16 Age 17 School 13 13 16 Full-time further education 9 17 20 Part-time further education 20 14 15