§ Mr. SquireTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish the proportion of students aged(a) 16, (b) 17 and (c) 16 and 17 years participating in full-time or part-time education in (i) each London borough, (ii) Greater London, (iii) outer London, (iv) inner London and (v) England for each year since 1980–81.
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§ Mr. EggarData for students aged 16 and 17 separately for the years 1979–80 to 1989–90 for ILEA, individual outer London boroughs, the total of outer London boroughs and England are contained in DES statistics bulletins 9/86 and 14/91. Data for Greater London from 1981–82 to 1989–90 are available in bulletins 6/87 and 14/91. Copies of these bulletins are available in the Library. Data for individual inner London boroughs are not available because ILEA was the responsible education authority until 1 April 1990. The participation rates shown exclude independent schools.