asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish a table showing the percentage of school leavers who secured three or more O-level passes in each of the education authorities in England and Wales.
Data on leavers from maintained schools in England are given below. figures for Wales are the responsibility of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales.
| Percentage of leavers from Maintained Schools with three or more GCE 0 level passes at Grades A, B or C | |
| Average of academic years 1982–83, 1983–84 and 1984–85 | |
| Barking | 12·1 |
| Barnet | 45·9 |
| Bexley | 34·1 |
| Brent | 24·4 |
| Bromley | 37·4 |
| Croydon | 32·0 |
| Ealing | 26·4 |
| Enfield | 29·6 |
| Haringey | 17·8 |
| Harrow | 43·9 |
| Havering | 31·3 |
| Hillingdon | 27·5 |
| Hounslow | 26·1 |
| Kingston-upon-Thames | 40·3 |
| Merton | 36·0 |
| Newham | 11·9 |
| Redbridge | 30·5 |
| Richmond-upon-Thames | 34·3 |
| Sutton | 40·1 |
| Waltham Forest | 18·2 |
| ILEA | 18·8 |
| Birmingham | 21·2 |
| Coventry | 23·5 |
| Dudley | 25·0 |
| Sandwell | 15·1 |
| Solihull | 31·1 |
| Walsall | 22·5 |
| Wolverhampton | 19·7 |
| Knowsley | 15·6 |
| Liverpool | 22·2 |
| St. Helens | 28·1 |
| Sefton | 34·3 |
| Wirral | 29·0 |
| Bolton | 28·6 |
| Bury | 30·6 |
| Manchester | 21·8 |
| Oldham | 22·8 |
| Rochdale | 25·0 |
| Salford | 21·3 |
| Stockport | 33·7 |
| Tameside | 27·0 |
| Trafford | 31·2 |
| Wigan | 28·8 |
| Barnsley | 18·5 |
| Doncaster | 22·3 |
| Rotherham | 23·2 |
Average of academic years 1982–83, 1983–84 and 1984–85
| |
| Sheffield | 25·1 |
| Bradford | 23·4 |
| Calderdale | 26·7 |
| Kirklees | 28·7 |
| Leeds | 26·8 |
| Wakefield | 15·9 |
| Gateshead | 21·7 |
| Newcastle-upon-Tyne | 22·2 |
| North Tyneside | 25·6 |
| South Tyneside | 23·7 |
| Sunderland | 21·0 |
| Avon | 28·4 |
| Bedfordshire | 27·2 |
| Berkshire | 32·1 |
| Buckinghamshire | 36·7 |
| Cambridgeshire | 31·5 |
| Cheshire | 30·4 |
| Cleveland | 26·4 |
| Cornwall | 28·8 |
| Cumbria | 25·1 |
| Derbyshire | 25·8 |
| Devon | 27·5 |
| Dorset | 32·8 |
| Durham | 23·6 |
| East Sussex | 34·2 |
| Essex | 29·9 |
| Gloucestershire | 31·7 |
| Hampshire | 30·3 |
| Hereford and Worcester | 27·6 |
| Hertfordshire | 35·8 |
| Humberside | 26·3 |
| Isle of Wight | 24·7 |
| Kent | 31·9 |
| Lancashire | 28·2 |
| Leicestershire | 27·2 |
| Lincolnshire | 26·3 |
| Norfolk | 25·1 |
| North Yorkshire | 36·2 |
| Northamptonshire | 25·2 |
| Northumberland | 30·3 |
| Nottinghamshire | 22·7 |
| Oxfordshire | 33·6 |
| Shropshire | 29·9 |
| Somerset | 26·1 |
| Staffordshire | 24·1 |
| Suffolk | 26·1 |
| Surrey | 40·2 |
| Warwickshire | 30·9 |
| West Sussex | 38·2 |
| Wiltshire | 29·4 |
| Total England | 27·7 |
Source: School Leavers Survey Data subject to sampling error.
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what percentage of school leavers in England and Wales secured three or more O-level passes in the most recent year.
In 1984–85, 31·4 per cent. of school leavers in England had gained three or more higher grade GCE O level passes. Information for Wales is the responsibility of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales.