§ Mr. Don FosterTo ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) what was the number and percentage of pupils in primary schools in(a) January 1991, (b) January 1992, (c) January 1993 and (d) January 1994 being taught in classes of (i) between 31 and 35 and (ii) more than 36 in maintained schools in each local education authority and in total;
(2) what was the number and percentage of pupils in secondary schools in (a) January 1991, (b) January 1992, (c) January 1993 and (d) January 1994 being taught in classes of between (i) 26 to 30, (ii) 31 to 35 and (iii) more than 36 in maintained schools in each local education authority and in total.
§ Mr. Robin SquireThe information requested is given in the tables.
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Numbers and percentages of pupils single teacher classes by size in maintained primary and secondary schools in each local education authority in England, 1991–1994 (provisional) Position in January each year 1. Primary schools(classes of size) LEA 1991 1992 numbers percentages numbers percentages 31–35 36+ 31–35 36+ 31–35 36+ 31–35 36+ Tower Hamlets 448 39 3.8 0.3 475 121 3.9 1.0 wandsworth 323 50 2.5 0.4 697 121 5.2 0.9 Westminster 218 0 3.5 0.0 252 40 3.7 0.6 Barking and Dagenham 983 153 7.3 1.1 1,297 234 9.4 1.7 Barnet 1,583 128 8.3 0.7 1,806 180 9.2 0.9 Bexley 4,243 118 25.7 0.7 4,913 108 29.1 0.6 Brent 1,430 114 8.2 0.7 1,375 75 7.9 0.4 Bromley 6,097 36 32.1 0.2 6,381 36 33.0 0.2 Croydon 2,763 112 12.8 0.5 3,264 289 15.0 1.3 Ealing 3,277 0 15.3 0.0 3,219 151 14.6 0.7 Enfield 4,616 36 25.7 0.2 5,147 38 27.3 0.2 Haringey 435 93 2.7 0.6 441 40 2.7 0.2 Harrow 4,175 145 27.7 1.0 4,140 0 27.2 0.0 Havering 3,351 72 18.7 0.4 2,585 0 14.5 0.0 Hillingdon 3,646 426 21.7 2.5 4,306 439 25.3 2.6 Hounslow 4,615 409 30.8 2.7 4,894 540 31.8 3.5 Kingston upon Thames 3,403 36 42.0 0.4 4,486 219 51.6 2.5 Merton 1,420 120 13.6 1.1 1,726 156 14.9 1.4 Newham 2,049 214 10.3 1.1 1,000 294 4.9 1.4 Redbridge 8,224 109 55.7 0.7 8,331 145 55.6 1.0 Richmond upon Thames 1,758 40 19.8 0.5 1,316 37 14.4 0.4 Sutton 3,474 257 32.8 2.4 3,359 181 31.6 1.7 Waltham Forest 3,161 122 19.6 0.8 2,763 195 16.8 1.2 Birmingham 25,625 1,129 27.0 1.2 22,873 868 24.0 0.9 Coventry 5,052 402 19.8 1.6 5,253 505 20.3 2.0 Dudley 6,112 620 27.1 2.7 3,852 595 18.3 2.8 Sandwell 7,934 866 31.0 3.4 7,549 1,022 29.3 4.0 Solihull 4,730 268 27.7 1.6 4,637 440 27.2 2.6 Walsall 3,338 375 16.4 1.8 3,606 707 17.3 3.4 Wolverhampton 3,226 339 16.2 1.7 2,491 274 12.5 1 4 Knowslev 3,320 273 21.1 1.7 3,568 539 22.7 3.4 Liverpool 7,785 686 17.0 1.5 9,939 666 21.5 1.4 St.Heleas 4,133 703 27.7 4.7 4,467 633 30.1 4.3 Sefton 7,410 421 31.3 1.8 7,586 441 31.1 1.8 Wirral 2,243 52 8.6 0.2 3,170 144(1A 11 7 0.5 Bolton 7,018 1,576 32.9 7.4 6,879 1,390 31.8 6.4 Bury 4,537 404 31.8 2.8 4.792 521 32.1 3.5 Manchester 7,753 1,731 19.3 4.3 6,933 1,428 17.4 3.6 Oldham 6,788 1,399 34.2 7 0 7,136 802 36.5 4.1 Rochdale 6,376 513 36.1 2.9 5,969 402 34.7 2.3 Salford 3,534 676 16.8 3.2 4,470 468 21.1 2.2 Stockport 5,878 695 25.6 3.0 5,722 1,013 24.3 4.3 Tameside 7,689 439 39.7 2.3 7,702 365 38.2 1.8 Trafford 6,323 1,107 37.0 6.5 6,661 l,668 38.0 9.5 Wigan 7,522 2,544 30.2 10.2 6,905 1,779 27.8 7.1 Barnsley 2,962 304 15.3 1.6 3,099 383 15.8 2.0 Doncaster 3,925 584 15.5 2.3 5,611 846 21.6 3.3 Rotherham 1,905 429 8.5 1.9 2,362 608 10.3 2.7 Sheffield 5,450 1,197 14.2 3.1 4,412 1,497 11.3 3.8 Bradford 3,307 76 11.1 0.3 3,763 151 22.4 0.9 Calderdale 4,663 440 28.3 2.7 3,763 151 22.4 0.9 Kirklees 6,865 1,032 23.1 3.5 6,648 785 22.5 2.7 Leeds 8,230 2,017 19.4 4.7 8,962 2,655 20.7 6.1 Wakefield 6,707 1,351 27.4 5.5 7,130 1,192 28.6 4.8 Gateshead 1,174 137 7.2 0.8 963 131 6.0 0.8 Newcastle upon Tyne 4,477 563 24 1 3.0 4,593 647 23.4 3.3 North Tyneside 1,416 111 10.0 0.8 2,478 450 17.1 3.1 South Tvneside 1,757 149 12.7 1.1 1,940 199 13.7 1.4 Sunderland 4,561 155 17.3 0.6 4,260 116 16.4 0.4 Isles of Scilly 0 0 0.0 0.0 31 0 18.8 0.0 Avon 19,859 1,353 28.1 1.9 19,247 1,050 26.9 1.5 Bedfordshire 7,952 1,454 23.6 4.3 5,993 1,474 17.5 4.3
Numbers and percentages of pupils in single teacher classes by size in maintained primary and secondary schools in each local education authority in England, 1991–1994 (provisional) Position in January each year 1. Primary schools (classes of size) LEA 1991 1992 numbers percentages numbers percentages 31–35 36+ 31–35 36+ 31–35 36+ 31–35 36+ Berkshire 15,695 1,235 29.9 2.4 13,063 1,028 24.5 1.9 Buckinghamshire 15,170 2,081 28.0 3.8 15,128 2,176 27.0 3.9 Cambridgeshire 13,111 485 25.4 0.9 13,118 775 24.9 1.5 Cheshire 30,860 4,587 38.0 5.6 27,427 3,859 33.7 4.7 Cleveland 10,496 2,401 19.2 4.4 10,344 2,890 18.3 5.1 Cornwall 11,067 917 29.9 2.5 12,138 1,364 32.5 3.7 Cumbria 6,018 877 16.3 2.4 7,164 730 19.5 2.0 Derbyshire 18,032 2,293 25.1 3.2 22,117 2,462 30.6 3.4 Devon 16,997 2,512 23.6 3.5 18,191 2,039 24.9 2.8 Dorset 12,787 1,172 34.6 3.2 13,384 1,169 35.2 3.1 Durham 12,603 392 25.5 0.8 11,146 821 22.3 1.6 East Sussex 14,618 326 32.8 0.7 16,200 182 36.1 0.4 Essex 28,763 456 25.0 0.4 27,344 330 23.6 0.3 Gloucestershire 8,205 219 21.3 0.6 8,696 187 22.0 0.5 Hampshire 36,781 2,842 31.1 2.4 33,788 1,355 28.4 1.1 Hereford and Worcester 9,072 916 20.4 2.1 7,886 551 17.5 1.2 Hertfordshire 16,216 806 23.0 1.1 18,080 437 25.1 0.6 Humberside 14,054 2,474 19.4 3.4 13,976 2,628 19.2 3.6 Isle of Wight 1,524 113 23.3 1.7 1,251 226 18.5 3.3 Kent 41,200 665 35.6 0.6 35,834 1,114 30.6 1.0 Lancashire 39,617 6,205 35.2 5.5 38,211 6,500 34.0 5.8 Leicestershire 15,813 1,177 22.5 1.7 12,631 1,425 17.9 2.0 Lincolnshire 12,122 1,395 26.6 3.1 10,067 932 22.0 2.0 Norfolk 10,423 658 18.4 1.2 9,968 303 17.5 0.5 North Yorkshire 11,002 973 21.1 1.9 10,693 553 20.3 1.0 Northamptonshire 8,887 521 20.4 1.2 8,354 294 18.8 0.7 Northumberland 6,672 928 36.2 5.0 5,565 1,145 29.8 6.1 Nottinghamshire 10,345 2,868 13.3 3.7 12,826 2,830 16.3 3.6 Oxfordshire 5,758 675 16.1 1.9 4,828 474 13.4 1.3 Shropshire 6,033 597 19.3 1.9 5,256 553 16.5 1.7 Somerset 9,479 334 30.0 1.1 9,290 365 28.9 1.1 Staffordshire 16,389 2,259 20.3 2.8 18,441 2,384 22.4 2.9 Suffolk 4,970 275 12.9 0.7 4,712 166 12.2 0.4 Surrey 12,037 568 18.1 0.9 12,387 721 18.4 1.1 Warwickshire 10,351 450 27.2 1.2 11,817 1,005 30.2 2.6 West Sussex 9,570 518 20.4 1.1 11,250 313 23.0 0.6 Wiltshire 8,488 108 21.1 0.3 7,993 405 19.5 1.0 England 831,221 79,997 23.2 2.2 823,310 79,492 22.7 2.2
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LEA 1993 1994 numbers percentages numbers percentages 31–35 36+ 31–35 36+ 31–35 36+ 31–35 36+ Corporation of London 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 Camden 452 0 5.4 0.0 542 0 6.1 0.0 Greenwich 1,719 118 10.1 0.7 2,301 0 13.3 0.0 Hackney 656 0 5.0 0.0 499 0 3.7 0.0 Hammersmith and Fulham 719 0 10.0 0.0 795 0 11.1 0.0 Islington 635 38 5.2 0.3 892 0 6.9 0.0 Kensington and Chelsea 159 0 3.3 0.0 418 36 8.3 0.7 Lambeth 762 0 4.8 0.0 816 0 5.2 0.0 Lewisham 1,486 220 8.5 1.3 1,318 0 7.2 0.0 Southwark 1,818 76 10.4 0.4 2,331 0 12.3 0.0 Tower Hamlets 511 108 3.8 0.8 601 37 4.6 0.3 Wandsworth 1,271 301 9.0 2.1 1,471 195 10.5 1.4 Westminster 355 36 5.5 0.6 352 76 4.9 1.1 Barking and Dagenham 828 193 5.9 1.4 1,183 232 8.3 1.6 Barnet 1,857 171 9.3 0.9 2,319 115 11.1 0.6
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LEA 1993 1994 numbers percentages numbers percentages 31–35 36+ 31–35 36+ 31–35 36+ 31–35 36+ Bcxley 5,215 235 29.6 1.3 5,838 72 31.6 0.4 Brent 1,865 280 10.2 1.5 1,819 338 9.6 1.8 Bromley 7,461 0 37.8 0.0 10,239 146 46.8 0.7 Croydon 4,022 0 17.4 0.0 4,667 229 19.6 1.0 Ealing 4,149 112 18.7 0.5 4,001 145 19.6 0.7 Enfield 6,045 36 31.4 0.2 7,201 36 35.2 0.2 Haringey 631 0 3.8 0.0 657 75 3.9 0.4 Harrow 3,740 0 24.2 0.0 3,472 72 22.2 0.5 Havering 3,805 76 20.7 0.4 4,030 146 21.3 0.8 Hillingdon 4,308 634 25.0 3.7 4,422 474 24.9 2.7 Hounslow 4,082 446 26.5 2.9 4,570 749 28.7 4.7 Kingston upon Thames 5,164 39 55.4 0.4 5,299 185 56.0 2.0 Merton 2,159 340 18.2 2.9 2,783 331 22.6 2.7 Newham 1,313 559 6.2 2.6 1,201 116 5.4 0.5 Redbridge 8,500 254 53.5 1.6 8,054 402 50.3 2.5 Richmond upon Thames 1,580 37 16.3 0.4 869 265 8.8 2.7 Sutton 4,350 216 38.6 1.9 4,552 144 38.8 1.2 Waltham Forest 3,614 152 21.4 0.9 3,088 112 17.8 0.6 Birmingham 25,683 1,302 26.6 1.4 25,730 1,434 26.9 1.5 Coventry 4,945 501 20.0 2.0 4,940 601 19.5 2.4 Dudley 3,832 919 17.2 4.1 6,524 973 27.1 4.0 Sandwell 8,064 1,179 30.4 4.4 8,863 1,312 32.7 4.8 Solihull 4,734 665 27.3 3.8 6,200 511 34.1 2.8 Walsall 5,293 704 24.3 3.2 5,066 511 22.8 2.3 Wolverhampton 4,351 380 20.4 1.8 4,774 381 22.3 1.8 Knowsley 4,333 680 26.6 4.2 5,271 644 31.0 3.8 Liverpool 10,047 1,057 21.5 2.3 11,660 960 24.5 2.0 St. Helens 3,778 527 25.6 3.6 4,586 851 31.6 5.9 Sefton 7,470 514 31.1 2.1 7,742 516 31.6 2.1 Wirral 4,506 220 16.1 0.8 5,410 518 18.6 1.8 Bolton 7,047 1,637 32.5 7.5 7,010 2,036 31.8 9.2 Bury 4,430 1,028 30.1 7.0 5,087 1,152 32.6 7.4 Manchester 7,879 2,228 19.1 5.4 8,446 1,173 20.5 2.9 Oldham 7,657 1,016 36.7 4.9 7,746 871 36.9 4.2 Rochdale 8,014 637 43.7 3.5 7,300 720 39.8 3.9 Salford 4,856 767 22.1 3.5 5,603 1,214 25.2 5.5 Stockport 6,443 1,181 26.8 4.9 6,813 1,366 28.2 5.6 Tameside 8,966 773 43.6 3.8 10,943 1,136 51.1 5.3 Trafford 7,398 1,220 42.2 7.0 7,729 1,422 41.9 7.7 Wigan 7,066 1,952 28.3 7.8 7,572 2,425 29.0 9.3 Barnsley 3,660 434 18.5 2.2 5,185 471 26.0 2.4 Doncaster 5,076 930 19.3 3.5 6,296 1,252 23.7 4.7 Rotherham 1,927 271 8.8 1.2 2,334 235 10.4 1.1 Sheffield 6,375 1,480 17.1 4.0 6,821 1,460 18.1 3.9 Bradford 5,436 507 17.6 1.6 8,214 567 25.6 1.8 Calderdale 4,564 108 26.1 0.6 4,942 326 28.3 1.9 Kirklees 6,706 1,098 22.8 3.7 8,391 981 26.8 3.1 Leeds 12,263 3,046 22.6 5.6 16,686 2,719 28.2 4.6 Wakefield 7,328 1,208 28.8 4.8 8,738 1,258 32.3 4.7 Gateshead 1,851 135 11.5 0.8 1,786 76 10.8 0.5 Newcastle upon Tyne 5,100 827 25.5 4.1 5,083 760 24.8 3.7 North Tyneside 2,514 448 17.2 3.1 3,408 497 22.7 3.3 South Tyneside 2,684 339 18.7 2.4 2,915 541 20.1 3.7 Sunderland 3,703 175 14.3 0.7 4,022 222 15.4 0.8 Isles of Scilly 0 0 0.0 0.0 31 0 18.5 0.0 Avon 21,699 1,185 29.4 1.6 25,695 1,058 34.1 1.4 Bedfordshire 6,880 1,661 19.4 4.7 7,314 1,750 19.7 4.7 Berkshire 13,413 1,258 24.6 2.3 15,220 1,070 27.0 1.9 Buckinghamshire 14,903 2,380 26.4 4.2 16,670 2,402 29.1 4.2 Cambridgeshire 13,361 551 25.1 1.0 13,979 1,100 25.2 2.0 Cheshire 26,668 3,629 32.5 4.4 27,187 3,006 32.6 3.6 Cleveland 11,107 2,542 19.3 4.4 10,863 2,523 18.8 4.4 Cornwall 12,193 1,299 32.3 3.4 12,409 1,032 32.4 2.7 Cumbria 8,439 793 22.1 2.1 8,568 817 22.1 2.1 Derbyshire 24,368 3,017 32.8 4.1 25,613 4,369 34.1 5.8 Devon 18,990 1,814 25.1 2.4 19,328 1,847 24.9 2.4 Dorset 15,596 926 39.2 2.3 17,562 580 42.6 1.4 Durham 13,024 1,014 25.8 2.0 13,729 1,283 26.5 2.5
LEA 1993 1994 numbers percentages numbers percentages 31–35 36+ 31–35 36+ 31–35 36+ 31–35 36+ East Sussex 16,575 364 36.5 0.8 18,862 435 39.8 0.9 Essex 28,347 228 24.3 0.2 29,961 768 25.2 0.6 Gloucestershire 8,821 451 21.5 1.1 10,644 479 25.4 1.1 Hampshire 34,607 1,295 28.5 1.1 40,820 3,484 31.5 2.7 Hereford and Worcester 8,354 533 18.5 1.2 9,432 478 20.1 1.0 Hertfordshire 18,153 514 24.5 0.7 20,658 686 26.8 0.9 Humberside 17,365 3,154 23.2 4.2 21,804 4,110 28.1 5.3 Isle of Wight 1,598 258 23.2 3.7 1,672 190 23.9 2.7 Kent 37,731 974 31.2 0.8 40,873 697 33.0 0.6 Lancashire 38,724 5,094 33.8 4.4 39,400 6,008 33.6 5.1 Leicestershire 14,646 1,317 20.5 1.8 13,760 673 19.2 0.9 Lincolnshire 10,721 928 23.1 2.0 11,975 667 25.2 1.4 Norfolk 10,376 707 17.9 1.2 10,584 591 18.5 1.0 North Yorkshire 11,333 785 20.9 1.5 12,653 1,049 22.9 1.9 Northamptonshire 8,233 186 18.3 0.4 9,402 188 20.2 0.4 Northumberland 5,411 1,050 28.6 5.6 6,301 1,600 33.0 8.4 Nottinghamshire 15,625 3,253 19.5 4.1 17,125 2,822 20.8 3.4 Oxfordshire 5,107 387 14.0 1.1 5,242 608 13.7 1.6 Shropshire 6,635 529 20.3 1.6 8,530 555 25.5 1.7 Somerset 9,752 584 29.6 1.8 10,074 402 28.9 1.2 Staffordshire 25,402 5,392 29.4 6.2 24,238 6,500 27.8 7.5 Suffolk 4,911 135 12.3 0.3 5,386 222 13.2 1.5 Surrey 14,689 749 20.9 1.1 13,064 677 19.2 1.0 Warwickshire 11,973 1,029 29.3 2.5 11,984 756 28.8 1.8 West Sussex 8,630 478 17.6 1.0 10,459 475 20.6 0.9 Wiltshire 10,854 297 24.3 0.7 11,784 401 25.7 0.9 England 896,424 89,510 24.1 2.4 979,291 97,178 25.7 2.5
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2. Secondary schools (classes of size) LEA 1991 1992 numbers percentages numbers percentages 26–30 31–35 36+ 26–30 31–35 36+ 26–30 31–35 36+ 26–30 31–35 36+ Corporation of London 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Camden 2,885 534 0 33.4 6.2 0.0 2,897 442 0 33.5 5.1 0.0 Greenwich 4,645 126 0 38.7 1.0 0.0 4,682 192 0 39.1 1.6 0.0 Hackney 2,593 279 0 45.0 4.8 0.0 2,657 157 0 41.9 2.5 0.0 Hammersmith and Fulham 1,980 287 0 36.7 5.3 0.0 1,743 731 0 33.4 14.0 0.0 Islington 2,743 93 0 53.0 1.8 0.0 3,068 124 0 52.7 2.1 0.0 Kensington and Chelsea 424 96 0 18.6 4.2 0.0 484 62 0 20.4 2.6 0.0 Lambeth 1,631 319 0 30.8 6.0 0.0 1,830 93 0 31.9 1.6 0.0 Lewisham 4,034 191 108 41.8 2.0 1.1 4,533 288 0 49.2 3.1 0.0 Southwark 3,504 218 0 43.8 2.7 0.0 3,964 562 0 48.7 6.9 0.0 Tower Hamlets 2,538 158 51 33.9 2.1 0.7 3,086 95 0 38.7 1.2 0.0 Wandsworth 2,730 257 56 35.2 3.3 0.7 2,769 188 0 37.0 2.5 0.0 Westminster 988 313 0 15.9 5.0 0.0 2,225 159 0 35.0 2.5 0.0 Barking and Dagenham 2,871 93 37 41.3 1.3 0.5 3,879 311 0 45.7 3.7 0.0 Barnet 4,636 1,403 0 29.8 9.0 0.0 4,193 1,109 0 25.8 6.8 0.0 Bexley 4,604 1,011 37 37.8 8.3 0.3 5,236 1,002 0 42.6 8.2 0.0 Brent 2,802 285 0 31.7 3.2 0.0 3,073 408 41 32.3 4.3 0.4 Bromley 4,568 1,510 0 32.6 10.8 0.0 4,430 1,662 0 30.4 11.4 0.0 Croydon 4,676 826 0 35.5 6.3 0.0 3,897 759 0 30.3 5.9 0.0 Ealing 2,746 256 40 28.8 2.7 0.4 3,137 538 87 32.7 5.6 0.9 Enfield 4,263 1,660 109 30.9 12.0 0.8 4,389 1,715 37 29.8 11.6 0.3 Haringey 2,357 0 0 31.1 0.0 0.0 3,187 93 0 40.4 1.2 0.0 Harrow 2,083 507 0 31.0 7.5 0.0 2,419 412 36 33.4 5.7 0.5 Havering 3,525 1,328 36 25.3 9.5 0.3 4,271 1,294 0 31.1 9.4 0.0 Hillingdon 3,355 796 0 29.3 6.9 0.0 3,473 793 0 29.2 6.7 0.0 Hounslow 4,041 827 36 36.9 7.5 0.3 4,467 977 128 38.5 8.4 1.1 Kingston upon Thames 1,708 421 0 26.6 6.6 0.0 1,452 828 0 21.2 12.1 0.0 Merton 2,236 62 0 39.5 1.1 0.0 2,656 128 0 41.5 2.0 0.0 Newham 5,431 62 0 49.0 0.6 0.0 5,322 221 50 46.0 1.9 0.4 Redbridge 4,915 916 37 41.4 7.7 0.3 4,618 1,202 73 36.9 9.6 0.6 Richmond upon Thames 2,103 313 0 34.9 5.2 0.0 2,281 279 0 37.6 4.6 0.0 Sutton 2,697 894 0 29.3 9.7 0.0 3,166 766 0 33.4 8.1 0.0 Waltham Forest 2,938 253 37 31.8 2.7 0.4 3,265 344 0 34.3 3.6 0 0 Birmingham 18,467 6,271 36 34.4 11.7 0.1 19,678 5,764 36 35.4 10.4 01 Coventry 5,338 1,041 0 35.1 6.9 0.0 5,460 1,507 44 34.1 9.4 0.3 Dudley 3,139 566 0 23.4 4.2 0.0 4,609 409 40 29.8 2.6 0.3 Sandwell 4,992 509 0 30.4 3.1 0.0 4,196 442 0 26.7 2.8 0.0 Solihull 4,078 1,023 37 34.8 8.7 0.3 3,879 1,204 0 31.6 9.8 0.0
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2. Secondary schools (classes of size) LEA 1991 1992 numbers percentages numbers percentages 26–30 31–35 36+ 26–30 31–35 36+ 26–30 31–35 36+ 26–30 31–35 36+ Walsall 4,830 946 0 30.5 6.0 0.0 5,140 993 37 30.6 5.9 0.2 Wolverhampton 3,555 506 0 27.2 3.9 0.0 3,240 665 36 24.6 5.0 0.3 Knowsley 2,672 190 0 33.5 2.4 0.0 2,998 255 42 37.7 3.2 0.5 Liverpool 8,726 1,252 0 35.6 5.1 0.0 8,694 1,374 37 35.6 5.6 0.2 St. Helens 3,318 607 75 32.7 6.0 0.7 3,437 926 39 31.5 8.5 0.4 Sefton 5,469 1,286 0 35.2 8.3 0.0 5,357 1,398 0 34.2 8.9 0.0 Wirral 6,216 632 0 33.3 3.4 0.0 5,676 916 36 30.7 5.0 0.2 Bolton 3,718 942 0 24.7 6.3 0.0 4,911 1,383 0 31.8 9.0 0.0 Bury 2,905 600 0 34.2 7.1 0.0 3,443 1,138 36 37.6 12.4 0.4 Manchester 6,545 539 0 34.5 2.8 0.0 6,197 472 0 33.5 2.5 0.0 Oldham 5,070 1,268 0 38.3 9.6 0.0 5,505 800 73 39.8 5.8 0.5 Rochdale 2,971 351 74 26.1 3.1 0.7 3,899 317 0 35.0 2.8 0.0 Salford 1.917 155 0 18.6 1.5 0.0 2,172 156 0 20.6 1.5 0.0 Stockport 4,476 663 36 32.8 4.9 0.3 4,693 565 0 33.8 4.1 0.0 Tameside 3,927 439 0 34.2 3.8 0.0 3,826 726 0 32.5 6.2 0.0 Trafford 3,347 125 0 33.4 1.2 0.0 3,423 537 0 32.5 5.1 0.0 Wigan 4,578 568 36 27.1 3.4 0.2 4,728 830 0 28.3 5.0 0.0 Barnsley 4,305 350 0 39.1 3.2 0.0 4,356 445 0 40.2 4.1 0.0 Doncaster 4,767 631 0 26.7 3.5 0.0 5,092 1,052 0 28.4 5.9 0.0 Rotherham 5,004 732 36 34.5 5.1 0.2 4,834 601 0 32.6 4.1 0.0 Sheffield 5,803 506 36 28.3 2.5 0.2 7,017 415 123 33.1 2.0 0.6 Bradford 11,233 3,238 36 30.7 8.8 0.1 11,713 3,525 0 31.5 9.5 0.0 Calderdale 4,158 765 0 38.4 7.1 0.0 4,121 1,037 0 36.1 9.1 0.0 Kirklees 7,097 529 36 32.0 2.4 0.2 7,612 753 0 35.5 3.5 0.0 Leeds 13,063 3,600 385 28.7 7.9 0.8 14,426 3,363 152 31.9 7.4 0.3 Wakefield 5,473 1,212 77 29.2 6.5 0.4 6,385 1,087 36 33.9 5.8 0.2 Gateshead 3,139 821 0 31.4 8.2 0.0 3,522 789 0 34.6 7.7 0.0 Newcastle upon Tyne 4,489 767 0 30.3 5.2 0.0 4,362 1,209 46 29.4 8.2 0.3 North Tyneside 4,181 594 0 34.6 4.9 0.0 4,464 533 0 36.1 4.3 0.0 South Tyneside 1,932 189 0 27.0 2.6 0.0 2,776 312 0 35.5 4.0 0.0 Sunderland 5,313 1,325 0 32.7 8.2 0.0 5,439 984 37 33.7 6.1 0.2 Isles of Scilly 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 26 0 0 35.6 0.0 0.0 Avon 16,072 3,348 36 34.2 7.1 0.1 17,490 2,827 79 36.9 6.0 0.2 Bedfordshire 13,737 2,449 156 38.2 6.8 0.4 14,134 1,651 0 38.2 4.5 0.0 Berkshire 12,463 3,189 76 30.1 7.7 0.2 12,416 3,905 0 29.7 9.3 0.0 Buckinghamshire 9,404 1,493 134 33.0 5.2 0.5 10,844 1,882 42 36.7 6.4 0.1 Cambridgeshire 11,733 2,590 0 35.8 7.9 0.0 14,012 2,275 174 39.8 6.5 0.5 Cheshire 18,250 5,946 72 32.7 10.6 0.1 18,503 6,822 229 32.4 11.9 0.4 Cleveland 9,172 796 39 29.1 2.5 0.1 9,425 913 0 29.0 2.8 0.0 Cornwall 10,108 2,252 110 39.7 8.8 0.4 10,462 1,974 37 40.8 7.7 0.1 Cumbria 8,212 1,047 73 31.4 4.0 0.3 7,958 1,718 38 29.2 6.3 0.1 Derbyshire 13,089 1,919 109 28.0 4.1 0.2 14,530 2,849 122 30.3 5.9 0.3 Devon 16,995 3,415 335 34.2 6.9 0.7 17,808 4,152 282 35.9 8.4 0.6 Dorset 11,191 2,501 72 32.8 7.3 0.2 13,019 3,114 0 37.2 8.9 0.0 Durham 11,632 2,410 38 37.7 7.8 0.1 12,003 2,419 0 38.9 7.8 0.0 East Sussex 10,377 1,395 0 38.9 5.2 0.0 10,803 1,529 75 39.2 5.6 0.3 Essex 31,156 7,387 170 37.4 8.9 0.2 32,324 7,537 110 38.4 9.0 0.1 Gloucestershire 9,836 1,935 73 34.8 6.8 0.3 9,295 2,386 0 32.8 8.4 0.0 Hampshire 23,720 3,594 36 34.8 5.3 0.1 26,383 4,186 94 38.2 6.1 0.1 Hereford and Worcester 14,942 4,561 72 35.1 10.7 0.2 15,818 4,540 79 36.8 10.6 0.2 Hertfordshire 18,534 5,038 0 32.7 8.9 0.0 19,467 4,560 36 33.3 7.8 0.1 Humberside 17,521 2,826 0 34.9 5.6 0.0 18,207 2,795 112 35.9 5.5 0.2 Isle of Wight 3,073 376 0 35.2 4.3 0.0 2,976 504 0 33.6 5.7 0.0 Kent 27,956 5,946 62 32.3 6.9 0.1 30,081 7,081 56 34.0 8.0 0.0 Lancashire 22,397 6,417 186 30.3 8.7 0.3 23,661 6,325 403 31.3 8.4 0.5 Leicestershire 15,372 1,582 248 31.4 3.2 0.5 15,101 2,400 41 30.4 4.8 0.1 Lincolnshire 10,637 1,840 36 32.9 5.7 0.1 10,421 1,682 76 32.4 5.2 0.2 Norfolk 10,897 732 0 30.9 2.1 0.0 11,021 1,054 38 31.1 3.0 0.1 North Yorkshire 11,147 1,875 0 30.3 5.1 0.0 12,654 1,932 0 33.2 5.1 0.0 Northamptonshire 11,478 2,166 131 30.8 5.8 0.4 12,649 1,712 219 33.5 4.5 0.6 Northumberland 8,753 1,760 115 35.8 7.2 0.5 8,708 2,342 109 35.2 9.5 0.4 Nottinghamshire 14,850 1,929 41 27.5 3.6 0.1 16,070 1,998 75 29.5 3.7 0.2 Oxfordshire 11,737 1,648 38 40.0 5.6 0.1 11,258 1,879 54 38.3 6.4 0.1 Shropshire 6,191 928 121 28.7 4.3 0.6 6,213 1,431 36 30.0 6.9 0.2 Somerset 9,042 1,725 0 36.1 6.9 0.0 8,595 2,152 36 34.5 8.6 0.1 Staffordshire 19,595 5,625 299 33.0 9.5 0.5 19,729 6,299 145 33.1 10.6 0.2 Suffolk 13,155 1,170 36 32.6 2.9 0.1 13,159 1,252 0 33.1 3.2 0.0 Surrey 10,936 1,466 0 32.4 4.3 0.0 11,774 2,019 0 34.0 5.8 0.0 Warwickshire 5,853 1,138 74 27.3 5.3 0.3 6,694 1,188 0 31.8 5.7 0.0 West Sussex 13,171 2,540 72 38.4 7.4 0.2 13,930 2,550 153 40.1 7.3 0.4 Wiltshire 9,458 917 0 32.4 3.1 0.0 9,445 1,400 36 32.9 4.9 0.1 England 813,303 153,903 4,544 33.0 6.2 0.2 857,095 168,050 4,288 34.2 6.7 0.2
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LEA 1993 1994 (provisional) numbers percentages numbers percentages 26–30 31–35 36+ 26–30 31–35 36+ 26–30 31–35 36+ 26–30 31–35 36+ Corporation of London 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Camden 3,270 253 0 37.6 2.9 0.0 3,160 316 107 36.7 3.7 1.2 Greenwich 5,621 159 0 46.0 1.3 0.0 5,355 157 36 43.7 1.3 0.3 Hackney 2,761 188 0 45.7 3.1 0.0 2,411 317 39 38.1 5.0 0.6 Hammersmith and Fulham 1,200 886 0 22.1 16.3 0.0 1,569 668 0 30.8 13.1 0.0 Islington 2,802 31 0 47.1 0.5 0.0 2,887 219 0 48.7 3.7 0.0 Kensington and Chelsea 696 160 0 26.9 6.2 0.0 382 126 0 16.1 5.3 0.0 Lambeth 1,490 63 0 26.5 1.1 0.0 1,600 31 0 28.3 0.5 0.0 Lewisham 4,177 347 0 43.1 3.6 0.0 3,947 32 0 38.5 0.3 0.0 Southwark 2,998 1,038 0 35.5 12.3 0.0 3,678 817 0 42.0 9.3 0.0 Tower Hamlets 3,744 126 0 44.9 1.5 0.0 4,045 93 0 43.6 1.0 0.0 Wandsworth 2,734 474 165 35.1 6.1 2.1 3,349 316 0 41.7 3.9 0.0 Westminster 2,160 125 0 36.5 2.1 0.0 2,138 224 0 32.9 3.4 0.0 Barking and Dagenham 4,223 409 0 47.6 4.6 0.0 3,493 435 81 40.8 5.1 0.9 Barnet 4,564 1,327 0 27.0 7.8 0.0 4,991 1,015 0 29.9 6.1 0.0 Bexley 5,431 1,266 39 43.6 10.2 0.3 5,806 1,428 0 44.5 11.0 0.0 Brent 3,222 478 0 29.6 4.4 0.0 4,512 411 0 40.9 3.7 0.0 Bromley 5,630 1,236 0 37.1 8.1 0.0 6,378 1,470 42 40.2 9.3 0.3 Croydon 3,792 609 38 28.6 4.6 0.3 4,518 1,072 0 33.5 8.0 0.0 Ealing 2,797 479 51 29.3 5.0 0.5 4,342 1,028 0 37.4 8.9 0.0 Enfield 4,597 1,853 144 29.4 11.9 0.9 5,200 2,103 72 32.9 13.3 0.5 Haringey 2,716 95 0 35.9 1.3 0.0 2,283 0 0 29.6 0.0 0.0 Harrow 2,566 511 36 34.8 6.9 0.5 3,038 316 41 39.4 4.1 0.5 Havering 4,556 1,197 54 33.4 8.8 0.4 5,342 1,382 0 38.2 9.9 0.0 Hillingdon 3,913 1,137 36 31.9 9.3 0.3 4,922 1,039 0 38.7 8.2 0.0 Hounslow 4,737 1,419 110 39.2 11.8 0.9 4,632 1,361 38 36.8 10.8 0.3 Kingston upon Thames 1,863 873 0 26.8 12.6 0.0 2,000 571 0 29.2 8.3 0.0 Merton 2,756 410 0 41.7 6.2 0.0 1,949 350 36 30.2 5.4 0.6 Newham 6,020 252 0 51.5 2.2 0.0 7,572 501 0 59.7 3.9 0.0 Redbridge 4,652 1,165 0 36.8 9.2 0.0 4,711 1,298 0 34.1 9.4 0.0 Richmond upon Thames 2,773 284 0 43.0 4.4 0.0 2,235 727 0 32.5 10.6 0.0 Sutton 3,589 933 0 37.4 9.7 0.0 4,149 1,124 0 39.8 10.8 0.0 Waltham Forest 3,312 448 0 33.6 4.5 0.0 4,328 563 0 42.9 5.6 0.0 Birmingham 19,629 7,828 190 34.0 13.6 0.3 21,409 7,849 36 36.3 13.3 0.1 Coventry 6,668 1,045 0 42.1 6.6 0.0 7,751 1,321 0 47.2 8.0 0.0 Dudley 5,594 500 78 35.7 3.2 0.5 6,514 728 0 39.0 4.4 0.0 Sandwell 4,832 765 0 28.8 4.6 0.0 5,633 1,077 0 33.1 6.3 0.0 Solihull 3,980 1,199 0 32.5 9.8 0.0 4,088 1,369 0 32.7 11.0 0.0 Walsall 4,560 1,103 38 27.6 6.7 0.2 5,108 1,657 38 29.4 9.5 0.2 Wolverhampton 3,399 799 74 26.8 6.3 0.6 4,071 635 88 30.7 4.8 0.7 Knowsley 3,082 762 36 36.4 9.0 0.4 2,702 1,154 0 32.1 13.7 0.0 Liverpool 9,003 1,917 0 34.0 7.2 0.0 9,438 1,632 0 34.4 5.9 0.0 St. Helens 3,410 819 36 32.8 7.9 0.3 3,303 759 37 30.4 7.0 0.3 Sefton 5,722 1,232 302 36.1 7.8 1.9 5,754 1,399 0 34.2 8.3 0.0 Wirral 5,117 1,422 39 27.1 7.5 0.2 6,111 1,652 0 31.4 8.5 0.0 Bolton 4,123 1,523 91 26.9 9.9 0.6 5,547 1,330 0 34.6 8.3 0.0 Bury 3,349 1,243 147 36.3 13.5 1.6 3,792 1,368 38 38.3 13.8 0.4 Manchester 7,104 1,196 72 36.2 6.1 0.4 7,643 1,504 0 37.6 7.4 0.0 Oldham 5,886 854 176 41.8 6.1 1.2 5,947 1,258 0 40.6 8.6 0.0 Rochdale 4,986 643 0 43.3 5.6 0.0 4,717 1,146 0 40.5 9.8 0.0 Salford 2,983 221 0 28.4 2.1 0.0 3,487 412 0 31.0 3.7 0.0 Stockport 4,530 1,011 40 34.0 7.6 0.3 5,489 980 36 36.2 6.5 0.2 Tameside 5,201 641 0 43.6 5.4 0.0 5,444 1,360 0 42.2 10.5 0.0 Trafford 3,921 753 0 36.2 7.0 0.0 4,573 784 0 39.6 6.8 0.0 Wigan 5,274 1,031 74 30.2 5.9 0.4 5,592 727 74 32.3 4.2 04 Barnsley 4,574 657 41 41.3 5.9 0.4 4,997 414 0 42.5 3.5 0.0 Doncaster 5,864 885 0 30.3 4.6 0.0 7,345 924 0 36.2 4.6 0.0 Rotherham 4,986 416 0 33.5 2.8 0.0 6,111 358 0 38.0 2.2 0.0 Sheffield 8,947 1,055 72 38.0 4.5 0.3 10,955 1,465 36 43.8 5.9 0.I Bradford 14,152 4,033 130 36.6 10.4 0.3 15,283 3,711 38 38.3 9.3 0 1 Calderdale 3,941 1,293 0 34.6 11.3 0.0 4,227 720 0 35.2 6.0 0.0 Kirklees 8,648 761 41 38.8 3.4 0.2 9,065 801 0 40.7 3.6 0.0 Leeds 13,376 2,529 36 33.6 6.3 0.1 12,455 3,481 255 31.8 8.9 0.7 Wakefield 6,025 955 0 32.1 5.1 0.0 6,039 2,099 0 33.2 11.5 0.0 Gateshead 3,429 695 0 32.9 6.7 0.0 3,612 880 0 35.3 8.6 0.0 Newcastle upon Tyne 4,628 982 37 30.6 6.5 0.2 5,091 1,214 0 33.3 7.9 0.0 North Tyneside 5,317 660 190 44.9 5.6 1.6 5,711 932 0 43.7 7.1 0.0 South Tyneside 3,234 949 0 37.8 11.1 0.0 2,991 280 0 35.9 3.4 0.0 Sunderland 6,140 1,054 37 35.8 6.1 0.2 6,482 1,081 0 35.2 5.9 0.0 Isles of Scilly 27 0 0 41.5 0.0 0.0 26 0 0 54.2 0.0 0.0 Avon 18,763 2,947 292 38.7 6.1 0.6 20,999 3,108 119 41.5 6.1 0.2 Bedfordshire 15,658 1,349 110 41.0 3.5 0.3 16,343 1,867 138 41.5 4.7 0.4 Berkshire 12,710 4,344 124 30.2 10.3 0.3 13,718 3,780 0 31.8 8.8 0.0 Buckinghamshire 11,051 2,493 36 36.7 8.3 0.1 12,334 2,724 89 38.4 8.5 0.3 Cambridgeshire 14,096 3,275 37 40.6 9.4 0.1 14,819 3,403 73 41.3 9.5 0.2 Cheshire 20,875 6,916 220 35.6 11.8 0.4 19,581 7,743 110 33.2 13.1 0.2
LEA 1993 1994 (provisional) numbers percentages numbers percentages 26–30 31–35 36+ 26–30 31–35 36+ 26–30 31–35 36+ 26–30 31–35 36+ Cleveland 9,561 821 0 28.8 2.5 0.0 12,717 1,152 0 36.4 3.3 0.0 Cornwall 10,676 2,232 216 39.8 8.3 0.8 10,867 3,183 0 40.1 11.7 0.0 Cumbria 8,577 1,943 0 30.9 7.0 0.0 9,991 2,356 0 34.8 8.2 0.0 Derbyshire 15,206 2,521 109 31.1 5.1 0.2 18,218 3,557 36 35.8 7.0 0.1 Devon 18,919 4,441 333 36.7 8.6 0.6 19,071 4,226 88 35.7 7.9 0.2 Dorset 13,268 3,156 75 36.8 8.7 0.2 14,204 3,730 117 37.2 9.8 0.3 Durham 13,310 2,896 37 40.4 8.8 0.1 13,450 2,621 0 40.4 7.9 0.0 East Sussex 11,000 1,504 99 38.0 5.2 0.3 12,367 1,497 0 39.6 4.8 0.0 Essex 33,681 6,797 327 39.2 7.9 0.4 34,679 8,337 44 38.9 9.3 0.0 Gloucestershire 10,948 2,839 0 37.2 9.7 0.0 11,715 4,145 38 38.1 13.5 0.1 Hampshire 26,849 3,988 78 37.7 5.6 0.1 28,501 4,630 125 37.5 6.1 0.2 Hereford and Worcester 15,990 4,501 193 36.7 10.3 0.4 16,571 4,741 37 37.1 10.6 0.1 Hertfordshire 19,846 5,867 43 33.2 9.8 0.1 20,384 5,803 0 33.4 9.5 0.0 Humberside 19,411 2,705 73 37.7 5.3 0.1 21,398 5,179 125 40.2 9.7 0.2 Isle of Wight 3,628 345 0 39.9 3.8 0.0 3,390 1,044 0 38.3 11.8 0.0 Kent 32,475 6,473 252 35.8 7.1 0.3 32,388 6,787 109 34.5 7.2 0.1 Lancashire 23,750 7,384 579 31.0 9.6 0.8 25,208 8,550 151 31.7 10.8 0.2 Leicestershire 18,840 1,744 73 36.5 3.4 0.1 19,152 2,809 0 36.2 5.3 0.0 Lincolnshire 10,592 2,225 0 31.5 6.6 0.0 11,854 1,684 0 33.9 4.8 0.0 Norfolk 11,316 1,172 0 31.3 3.2 0.0 11,725 910 0 31.6 2.5 0.0 North Yorkshire 12,488 2,487 76 31.9 6.4 0.2 14,655 2,779 113 36.5 6.9 0.3 Northamptonshire 13,526 1,366 41 35.0 3.5 0.1 12,985 1,173 37 32.9 3.0 0.1 Northumberland 10,319 2,931 100 39.0 11.1 0.4 10,199 2,588 0 38.6 9.8 0.0 Nottinghamshire 19,140 1,934 149 34.3 3.5 0.3 19,520 2,081 0 34.1 3.6 0.0 Oxfordshire 12,364 1,993 205 40.6 6.5 0.7 11,850 1,762 37 36.6 5.4 0.1 Shropshire 7,227 1,267 40 33.8 5.9 0.2 7,876 1,466 36 34.6 6.4 0.2 Somerset 9,960 1,759 37 39.4 7.0 0.1 10,586 2,194 36 40.0 8.3 0.1 Staffordshire 22,977 7,901 252 36.8 12.6 0.4 24,458 10,235 180 37.6 15.8 0.3 Suffolk 13,962 1,133 115 34.5 2.8 0.3 12,400 699 0 29.9 1.7 0.0 Surrey 13,401 2,403 0 37.5 6.7 0.0 15,892 3,392 0 38.4 8.2 0.0 Warwickshire 7,031 1,133 90 31.6 5.1 0.4 6,452 724 0 28.7 3.2 0.0 West Sussex 15,197 2,842 109 42.3 7.9 0.3 14,336 2,481 0 38.7 6.7 0.0 Wiltshire 10,871 1,715 37 35.7 5.6 0.1 11,026 2,590 0 35.5 8.3 0.0 England 916,462 183,404 7,207 35.6 7.1 0.3 973,304 205,701 3,006 36.5 7.7 0.1