§ Mr. SpringTo ask the Secretary of State for Education how many pupils are covered by the local education authorities in(a) Suffolk, (b) Cambridgeshire and (c) Norfolk.
§ Mr. Robin SquireIn January 1994, 93, 282 pupils were being taught in schools maintained by Suffolk local education authority, 84, 515 pupils in schools maintained by Cambridgeshire local education authority and 93,702 pupils in schools maintained by Norfolk local education authority. This excludes pupils being educated in grant-maintained schools.
§ Mr. SpringTo ask the Secretary of State for Education what per cent. of pupils stayed on to lake A levels in(a) Suffolk, (b) Cambridgeshire and (c) Norfolk; and what percent in each of these counties obtained grades A to C last year in its A-level examinations in the last year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. BoswellThe exact information is not available in the format requested.
The estimated percentage of those in their last year of compulsory schooling in 1991–92 who subsequently enrolled in the first year of GCE A-level course in 1992–93 in schools and further education colleges was: 38.2 per cent. in Suffolk; 40.3 per cent. in Cambridgeshire; and 35.9 per cent. in Norfolk.
The estimated percentage of these students starting on a GCE A-level course in schools and colleges in 1992–93, who achieved at least one GCE A level at grade C or above after the second year of the course in 1994 was: 56.7 per cent. in Suffolk; 62.9 per cent. in Cambridgeshire; and 55.9 per cent. in Norfolk.