HC Deb 18 June 1997 vol 296 cc197-9W
Mr. Flynn

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what percentage of(a) female and (b) male children leave school at 16 years, broken down into local authority areas; and if he will make a statement. [3668]

Dr. Howells

The following table shows the percentage of 16 year olds who had left school by LEA in 1994–95. Many who leave school at 16 will continue with their education and training, for example in further education colleges, sixth form colleges or in the workplace. Figures for males and females separately could only be made available at disproportionate cost.

Ms Morris

The following table shows the number of new entrants to teacher training for the years 1992–93 to 1996–97. The Department does not make projections of future entrants.

School leavers aged 16 by LEA, England, 1994–95
Percentage
London
Inner London1 61
Barking 60
Barnet 43
Bexley 58
Brent 60
Bromley 39
Croydon 71
Ealing 61
Enfield 49
Haringey 64
Harrow 82
Havering 82
Hillingdon 50
Hounslow 41
Kingston upon Thames 38
Merton 68
Newham 92
Redbridge 40
Richmond upon Thames 66
Sutton 39
Waltham Forest 85
Metropolitan authorities
Birmingham 70
Coventry 59
Dudley 96
Sandwell 84
Solihull 71
Walsall 57
Wolverhampton 56
Knowsley 85
Liverpool 52
St. Helens 73
Sefton 61
Wirral 56
Bolton 76

School leavers aged 16 by LEA, England, 1994–95
Percentage
Bury 87
Manchester 82
Oldham 79
Rochdale 85
Salford 99
Stockport 83
Tameside 98
Trafford 73
Wigan 94
Barnsley 95
Doncaster 58
Rotherham 70
Sheffield 81
Bradford 55
Calderdale 57
Kirklees 78
Leeds 60
Wakefield 72
Gateshead 68
Newcastle upon Tyne 49
North Tyneside 64
South Tyneside 93
Sunderland 88
Counties
Avon 56
Bedfordshire 59
Berkshire 43
Buckinghamshire 47
Cambridgeshire 66
Cheshire 62
Cleveland 93
Cornwall (including Isles of Scilly) 73
Cumbria 60
Derbyshire 70
Devon 59
Dorset 52
Durham 76
East Sussex 67
Essex 72
Gloucestershire 54
Hampshire 90
Hereford and Worcester 60
Hertfordshire 40
Humberside 80
Isle of Wight 49
Kent 48
Lancashire 83
Leicestershire 62
Lincolnshire 64
Norfolk 63
North Yorkshire 60
Northamptonshire 52
Northumberland 52
Nottinghamshire 66
Oxfordshire 48
Shropshire 73
Somerset 69
Staffordshire 69
Suffolk 52
Surrey 58
Warwickshire 64
West Sussex 62
Wiltshire 66
England 65
1Data for individual boroughs are not reliable.

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