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Mr. Jim Callaghan
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the percentage of young people in the North-West region remaining at school after the age of 16 years.
Dr. Boyson
Early provisional counts suggest that the proportions of pupils aged 16 years remaining at maintained secondary schools in the North-West region in January 1982 were 21·9 per cent. for boys and 26·9 per cent. for girls. Corresponding proportions for January 1981 were 19·5 per cent. and 23·5 per cent.