asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) if he will state the number, at the latest convenient date, of boys and girls staying on voluntarily after the statutory leaving age in secondary modern schools in the North-East, the South-East and nationally, expressed as a percentage of pupils aged 13 years in these schools two years earlier;(2) if he will state the number, at the latest convenient date, of boys and girls staying on voluntarily after the age of 15 years in secondary modern schools and comprehensive schools, expressed as a percentage of pupils aged 13 years in these schools two years earlier.
The estimated position with regard to secondary modern schools in England and Wales is as stated in the Answer given to the hon. Member for Newbury (Mr. Astor) on 4th February by the Minister of State. Similar calculations cannot, however, be made for either comprehensive schools, nationally, or for individual types of secondary schools in parts of the country, as the reorganisation of the secondary school system led to such changes in school numbers between the two dates as to invalidate proportions based on them.