HC Deb 27 January 1997 vol 289 cc86-92W
Mr. Blunkett

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will list(a) by local education authority in England and (b) in total, the number and percentage of 16-year-olds who left school with no formal qualifications, broken down by gender, for the past five years, including 1996. [12192]

Mrs. Gillan

The information requested is not available for 16-year-olds who left school. However, the following table shows the number and percentage of all 15-year-olds—at start of the year—in maintained schools in England who failed to achieve a pass at GCSE, although some of them might have achieved a vocational qualification, for each year since 1992. The information is not yet available for 1996.

Number and percentage of 15-year-olds in maintained schools in England with no GCSE passes
Boys 1991–92 Girls 1991–92 Boys 1992–93 Girls 1992–93
LEA Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Number Per cent.
Bexley 91 6.9 64 5.5 59 5.1 56 4.9
Brent 99 10.7 85 9.9 94 10.4 80 9.1
Bromley 136 11.0 61 5.0 71 5.5 56 4.4
Croydon 122 8.6 71 5.1 112 7.6 99 7.2
Ealing 174 14.9 106 9.9 130 11.8 126 11.5
Enfield 138 9.6 87 6.7 96 7.2 73 5.5
Haringey 177 21.4 107 15.4 157 19.5 72 10.4
Harrow 65 7.0 48 5.2 48 5.1 44 4.9
Havering 89 6.5 68 4.9 70 5.1 40 3.1
Hillingdon 114 9.9 63 5.9 79 7.2 60 5.7
Hounslow 128 12.7 70 6.8 112 10.7 87 8.5
Kingston upon Thames 53 9.0 26 4.1 49 9.1 30 5.1
Merton 81 10.5 64 9.5 59 9.0 57 8.6
Newham 227 19.4 173 14.8 159 13.8 112 10.3
Redbridge 110 8.9 66 6.1 78 6.6 63 5.6
Richmond upon Thames 54 8.3 48 7.8 44 6.3 32 4.9
Sutton 51 5.9 45 5.5 63 7.2 32 3.8
Waltham Forest 102 9.7 70 7.4 98 9.5 53 5.6
Birmingham 898 15.5 601 11.1 803 14.4 531 10.5
Coventry 152 9.6 105 6.7 150 9.4 120 8.2
Dudley 93 5.3 43 2.7 79 4.8 46 3.1
Sandwell 172 9.9 161 9.9 175 11.3 131 8.2
Solihull 55 4.4 30 2.5 57 4.6 27 2.3
Walsall 185 10.9 143 8.9 177 11.0 113 7.6
Wolverhampton 173 12.1 111 8.3 130 9.8 75 5.6
Knowsley 187 20.6 156 18.2 200 24.2 119 16.6
Liverpool 501 20.0 318 13.1 438 19.2 322 13.8
St. Helens 130 11.5 96 9.0 92 8.9 78 7.8
Sefton 156 10.1 90 5.7 155 9.9 97 6.5
Wirral 167 9.0 115 6.7 143 8.7 91 5.5
Bolton 172 10.5 124 8.4 135 9.3 121 8.6
Bury 65 7.0 55 5.7 39 4.3 21 2.5
Manchester 537 25.0 405 20.8 458 22.9 331 17.2
Oldham 221 15.7 143 10.5 183 13.0 108 8.3
Rochdale 231 19.5 133 11.8 145 12.8 112 10.7
Salford 143 12.2 110 10.2 154 15.1 111 10.6
Stockport 110 7.3 65 4.5 71 5.1 54 4.2
Tameside 136 10.1 73 6.3 97 8.1 61 5.5
Trafford 83 9.1 59 6.1 75 8.2 38 4.0
Wigan 134 7.3 86 4.7 99 5.6 80 4.6
Barnsley 130 10.5 104 9.2 115 10.6 84 7.8
Doncaster 221 12.3 161 9.5 178 11.1 113 7.1
Rotherham 120 7.7 96 6.3 92 6.2 85 5.9
Sheffield 378 14.5 217 9.1 282 11.2 170 7.5
Bradford 396 13.9 277 10.4 361 12.5 266 10.4
Calderdale 142 13.0 73 6.5 87 8.5 64 6.1
Kirklees 245 10.9 159 7.5 228 11.1 116 6.0
Leeds 497 12.7 293 8.0 397 11.4 295 8.5
Wakefield 179 10.0 131 7.8 164 9.5 98 6.4
Gateshead 109 10.6 90 8.2 125 12.7 81 8.6
Newcastle upon Tyne 199 15.2 167 12.5 189 14.9 153 13.0
North Tyneside 77 8.1 98 9.6 87 9.0 59 6.4
South Tyneside 81 9.3 43 5.1 59 7.5 49 6.3
Sunderland 178 10.3 97 5.5 171 10.7 122 7.4
Isles of Scilly 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Avon 431 8.9 219 4.9 352 7.6 200 4.6
Bedfordshire 196 6.5 119 4.3 171 5.9 128 4.5
Berkshire 325 8.0 190 5.1 223 5.8 175 4.8
Buckinghamshire 231 6.6 177 5.2 205 5.9 132 3.8
Cambridgeshire 283 7.7 166 4.9 248 7.2 171 5.2
Cheshire 408 7.3 291 5.4 319 6.1 205 4.0
Cleveland 456 13.0 303 8.9 382 11.7 297 9.1
Cornwall 138 5.5 98 3.9 114 4.6 73 3.0
Cumbria 220 8.3 145 5.6 176 6.7 110 4.4
Derbyshire 379 7.2 200 4.0 302 6.0 180 3.8
Devon 332 6.5 219 4.4 259 5.3 201 4.2
Dorset 154 4.8 118 3.8 161 5.1 102 3.4
Durham 292 8.6 196 6.1 258 8.2 179 5.8
East Sussex 241 8.3 103 3.7 218 7.6 142 5.3
Essex 636 7.3 444 5.3 580 6.9 414 5.2
Gloucestershire 140 4.9 138 5.0 145 5.5 83 3.2
Hampshire 579 7.4 425 5.5 484 6.2 300 4.1
Number and percentage of 15-year-olds in maintained schools in England with no GCSE passes
Boys 1991–92 Girls 1991–92 Boys 1992–93 Girls 1992–93
LEA Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Number Per cent.
Hereford and Worcester 270 7.5 186 5.2 228 6.4 144 4.3
Hertfordshire 460 8.4 236 4.5 362 6.9 234 4.5
Humberside 499 9.5 383 7.5 490 9.5 335 7.1
Isle of Wight 31 4.8 20 3.1 28 4.4 24 4.0
Kent 796 9.2 498 6.0 613 7.4 365 4.5
Lancashire 795 10.1 537 7.0 626 8.4 434 6.1
Leicestershire 422 8.4 312 6.6 335 6.7 248 5.4
Lincolnshire 241 7.3 146 4.6 247 7.8 116 3.8
Norfolk 276 7.1 230 6.0 245 6.3 188 5.2
North Yorkshire 216 5.8 140 3.9 143 4.0 117 3.3
Northamptonshire 198 5.8 161 4.7 190 5.9 116 3.6
Northumberland 143 7.7 76 4.4 132 7.3 66 4.1
Nottinghamshire 547 9.7 344 6.4 446 8.4 308 6.1
Oxfordshire 231 8.3 116 4.5 152 5.6 91 3.6
Shropshire 136 5.5 74 3.3 107 4.7 62 2.9
Somerset 130 5.4 84 3.6 94 4.0 46 2.2
Staffordshire 541 9.0 320 5.7 421 7.6 216 4.1
Suffolk 132 3.9 125 3.9 131 4.0 95 2.9
Surrey 283 6.6 190 4.6 243 5.9 159 4.1
Warwickshire 143 5.4 108 4.2 146 5.8 89 3.7
West Sussex 192 5.5 152 4.5 179 5.1 109 3.2
Wiltshire 120 4.3 115 4.0 106 3.7 91 3.3
Total England 23,979 69.6 16,104 60.3 19,870 67.2 13,572 57.5
Boys 1993–94 Girls 1993–94 Boys 1994–95 Girls 1994–95
LEA Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Number Per cent.
Camden 97 14.4 92 9.1 110 15.5 98 9.9
Greenwich 191 16.8 144 12.3 208 16.3 174 13.5
Hackney 88 15.2 64 8.6 67 11.8 53 6.6
Hammersmith 65 12.1 54 10.5 80 14.5 64 12.9
Islington 101 15.2 66 14.4 116 16.0 88 16.0
Kensington and Chelsea 34 12.3 30 12.4 19 7.4 30 12.7
Lambeth 117 23.1 75 10.8 77 14.5 73 10.5
Lewisham 98 10.0 70 8.1 97 9.4 74 7.7
Southwark 108 12.4 146 16.7 159 18.6 65 7.9
Tower Hamlets 132 14.3 80 9.3 151 14.7 86 8.8
Wandsworth 114 14.2 64 10.3 102 12.0 55 7.5
Westminster 82 14.5 65 10.6 93 16.0 78 12.1
Barking 103 12.4 62 8.7 129 14.6 78 9.6
Barnet 113 7.3 73 5.3 131 8.4 80 5.3
Bexley 82 6.7 74 6.1 66 5.3 65 5.3
Brent 77 8.5 46 5.4 94 9.5 59 6.1
Bromley 67 5.0 50 4.0 79 5.6 68 4.6
Croydon 148 9.7 106 7.4 159 10.0 112 7.2
Ealing 109 9.2 103 8.9 144 12.1 90 7.2
Enfield 97 6.8 81 5.9 122 7.8 104 7.0
Haringey 103 14.2 82 10.6 165 18.6 116 14.6
Harrow 63 6.5 38 3.9 71 6.6 55 5.5
Havering 106 7.9 58 4.6 89 6.2 56 4.0
Hillingdon 106 9.3 66 6.0 91 7.8 72 5.6
Hounslow 133 11.1 102 8.8 155 11.5 90 7.5
Kingston upon Thames 43 7.7 47 7.7 63 9.8 45 6.2
Merton 66 9.7 66 9.7 68 8.7 72 10.2
Newham 155 13.8 119 10.2 170 13.3 124 9.7
Redbridge 83 6.8 41 3.7 72 5.6 60 5.0
Richmond upon Thames 55 8.1 48 6.7 39 5.3 25 3.6
Sutton 51 5.9 46 5.3 56 5.8 52 5.9
Waltham Forest 132 12.5 59 5.9 133 11.4 87 7.9
Birmingham 823 15.0 572 11.0 847 14.6 606 11.1
Coventry 154 10.1 126 8.5 176 10.2 120 7.3
Dudley 143 8.0 72 4.6 168 9.2 115 6.6
Sandwell 202 12.2 145 9.6 214 11.7 182 10.4
Solihull 43 3.4 43 3.5 69 5.0 39 2.6
Walsall 179 10.9 133 8.7 228 12.9 144 8.5
Wolverhampton 178 13.3 117 8.8 202 13.6 171 11.8
Knowsley 179 22.7 142 17.8 193 20.8 149 16.8
Liverpool 432 18.1 356 14.6 502 18.0 371 14.1
St. Helens 95 9.0 79 8.1 110 9.4 73 7.0
Sefton 132 8.1 110 7.1 153 89 129 7.5
Boys 1993–94 Girls 1993–94 Boys 1994–95 Girls 1994–95
LEA Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Number Per cent.
Wirral 184 10.7 147 8.7 170 8.6 115 6.1
Bolton 161 10.3 109 7.6 169 10.2 116 7.7
Bury 37 4.1 24 2.6 59 5.5 23 2.4
Manchester 426 21.8 327 17.3 443 21.7 322 16.4
Oldham 186 13.0 157 10.9 226 14.0 156 10.4
Rochdale 141 12.7 102 9.6 153 12.4 126 10.8
Salford 161 15.1 130 12.6 204 17.2 168 14.7
Stockport 90 6.5 70 4.9 114 7.3 58 4.3
Tameside 111 9.2 81 6.7 130 9.6 90 7.0
Trafford 90 9.6 64 6.5 73 6.9 56 5.1
Wigan 139 7.9 93 5.3 168 8.4 106 5.5
Barnsley 162 13.8 96 8.6 165 13.2 104 8.2
Doncaster 239 13.6 176 10.9 261 14.3 166 10.5
Rotherham 178 11.5 129 8.7 179 10.9 130 7.8
Sheffield 270 11.1 242 10.2 312 11.9 282 11.2
Bradford 339 11.8 281 10.5 411 13.2 307 10.8
Calderdale 112 10.4 84 8.4 131 10.5 84 7.4
Kirklees 247 11.6 142 7.2 286 12.2 189 8.6
Leeds 446 12.4 373 10.5 462 11.8 385 10.4
Wakefield 187 11.4 116 7.5 172 9.6 128 6.9
Gateshead 135 13.1 104 10.9 144 12.2 122 10.6
Newcastle upon Tyne 240 18.7 192 16.2 269 19.2 207 15.4
North Tyneside 81 8.3 84 9.1 116 10.0 87 8.3
South Tyneside 83 9.7 61 7.5 73 7.6 75 7.8
Sunderland 177 10.1 173 9.8 237 12.0 154 8.1
Isles of Scilly 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Avon 365 7.7 268 6.0 385 7.6 257 5.4
Bedfordshire 186 6.2 142 4.8 222 6.7 127 4.0
Berkshire 254 6.5 169 4.4 300 6.9 186 4.6
Buckinghamshire 227 6.2 134 4.0 276 7.0 179 4.7
Cambridgeshire 247 7.1 205 6.2 265 7.0 192 5.3
Cheshire 325 6.2 261 5.0 349 5.9 261 4.5
Cleveland 399 11.5 354 10.7 483 12.9 396 10.7
Cornwall 98 3.9 78 3.2 100 3.6 80 3.0
Cumbria 212 7.7 148 5.9 214 7.9 160 6.1
Derbyshire 345 6.9 258 5.3 422 7.5 272 5.3
Devon 275 5.5 226 4.6 328 5.8 238 4.5
Dorset 162 5.0 128 4.1 184 5.1 128 3.9
Durham 349 10.7 261 8.1 413 10.9 288 8.2
East Sussex 236 7.8 181 6.5 273 8.1 223 7.2
Essex 619 7.4 433 5.3 618 6.9 502 5.8
Gloucestershire 126 4.7 109 4.0 164 5.5 107 3.7
Hampshire 454 5.8 349 4.6 478 5.9 365 4.5
Hereford and Worcester 253 7.2 170 4.8 279 7.2 237 6.2
Hertfordshire 313 6.0 253 4.8 375 6.4 290 5.1
Humberside 583 11.6 408 8.6 599 10.8 464 8.8
Isle of Wight 35 5.2 25 4.0 43 5.9 35 5.6
Kent 635 7.5 410 5.1 663 7.3 489 5.5
Lancashire 627 8.2 527 7.4 713 8.7 550 7.0
Leicestershire 388 8.1 276 5.8 439 8.2 332 6.5
Lincolnshire 247 7.6 178 5.6 246 7.1 214 6.2
Norfolk 306 7.9 207 5.5 303 7.3 246 6.2
North Yorkshire 222 6.0 162 4.5 242 5.9 156 3.9
Northamptonshire 199 5.8 155 4.8 259 7.2 202 5.7
Northumberland 160 8.8 136 7.7 152 7.4 127 6.5
Nottinghamshire 555 10.2 410 7.8 629 11.0 473 8.5
Oxfordshire 241 8.6 119 4.6 266 9.2 154 5.4
Shropshire 111 4.7 67 3.1 162 6.3 111 4.5
Somerset 107 4.5 68 3.1 128 5.2 65 2.8
Staffordshire 510 9.0 339 6.3 518 8.4 372 6.2
Suffolk 133 4.1 100 3.2 153 4.2 129 3.7
Surrey 241 5.8 163 4.0 317 6.8 187 4.2
Warwickshire 191 7.4 100 4.1 182 6.8 130 4.9
West Sussex 204 5.7 150 4.4 209 5.4 167 4.4
Wiltshire 146 5.1 106 3.9 163 5.2 117 3.9
Total England 21,587 64.7 16,002 55.4 23,878 64.3 17,511 54.7

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