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Mr. Andrew F. Bennett
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science which local authorities retain a selective secondary school system.
Mr. Dunn
The table shows those local authorities which retained a partially selective secondary school system as at January 1984, the latest date for which firm figures are available. No authority operated a fully selective system.
| LEAS maintaining at least one grammar school-January 1984 | |
| Local Education Authorities | Number of Grammar Schools |
| Barnet | 2 |
| Bexley | 2 |
| Bromley | 2 |
| Enfield | 1 |
| Kingston-upon-Thames | 2 |
| Redbridge | 2 |
| Sutton | 4 |
| Birmingham | 8 |
| Walsall | 2 |
| Wolverhampton | 1 |
| Liverpool | 2 |
| Wirral | 4 |
| Trafford | 8 |
| Calderdale | 7 |
| Kirklees | 1 |
| Avon | 2 |
| Berkshire | 6 |
Local Education Authorities
| Number of Grammar Schools
|
| Buckinghamshire | 14 |
| Cumbria | 1 |
| Devon | 10 |
| Dorset | 7 |
| Essex | 8 |
| Gloucestershire | 11 |
| Hereford and Worcestershire | 1 |
| Kent | 28 |
| Lancashire | 5 |
| Lincolnshire | 15 |
| Norfolk | 3 |
| North Yorkshire | 7 |
| Salop | 2 |
| Warwickshire | 5 |
| Wiltshire | 2 |