Seven-Year-Olds

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science, pursuant to his answer of 10 February, Official Report, columns 374–76, if he will list by local education authority (a) the proportion of usable return from maintained schools for seven-year-olds and (b) the number of children seven plus years old included in the seven-plus league tables of usable returns as a percentage of the total number of seven-plus pupils in maintained schools.

Tables showing this information were provided in written answers to the hon. Member for Newham, South (Mr. Spearing) on 15 January, Official Report, columns 580–82, and the hon. Member for Blackburn (Mr. Straw) on 17 February, Official Report, columns 35–36.The following tables have been updated to incorporate details for Lambeth and Tower Hamlets, which were not included in the original tables.

LEA RANKING
Proportion of returns from maintained schools with 7 year olds used to compile the National analyses of the 1991 test results
	Percentage Returns used
Avon	100
Barking	100
Berkshire	100
Bexley	100
Bury	100
Cleveland	100
Coventry	100
Croydon	100
Enfield	100
Essex	100
Hackney	100
Hammersmith	100
Haringey	100
Havering	100
Kensington and Chelsea	100
Kingston Upon Thames	100
Merton	100
Northamptonshire	100
Stockport	100
Sutton	100
Calderdale	99
Devon	99
Hereford and Worcester	99
Humberside	99
Lincolnshire	99
Sunderland	99
Tameside	99

	Percenteage Returns used
Wakefield	99
Walsall	99
West Sussex	99
Bradford	98
Bromley	98
Cambridgeshire	98
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly	98
Dudley	98
North Yorkshire	98
Northumberland	98
Rotherham	98
Solihull	98
South Tyneside	98
Suffolk	98
Warwickshire	98
Gateshead	97
Newcastle Upon Tyne	97
Surrey	97
Trafford	97
Westminster	97
Wirral	97
Wolverhampton	97
Manchester	96
Shropshire	96
Somerset	96
Redbridge	95
Sefton	95
Waltham Forest	95
Kent	94
St. Helens	94
Staffordshire	94
Barnet	93
Gloucestershire	93
Leeds	93
Rochdale	93
Wiltshire	93
Barnsley	92
Brent	92
Camden	92
Cheshire	92
Cumbria	92
Doncaster	92
Knowsley	92
Sandwell	92
Durham	91
Harrow	91
Hertfordshire	91
Lancashire	91
Bedfordshire	90
Derbyshire	89
Isle of Wight	89
Lewisham	89
Oldham	89
Nottinghamshire	88
Richmond Upon Thames	88
Wandsworth	88
Sheffield	87
Dorset	87
Lambeth	83
Hampshire	82
Leicestershire	81

	percentage Returns used
Hillingdon	78
Ealing	77
Greenwich	75
Wigan	75
Tower Hamlets	74
North Tyneside	73
Birmingham	72
Bolton	70
Liverpool	70
Oxfordshire	70
East Sussex	66
Islington	65
Kirklees	65
Salford	65
Southwark	60
Buckinghamshire	59
Norfolk	59
Hounslow	58
Newham	55

Proportion of 7 year old pupils from maintained schools included in the national analyses of the 1991 test results
	Percentage of pupils in KSI results
Camden	94
Greenwich	74
Hackney	100
Hammersmith and Fulham	100
Islington	62
Kensington and Chelsea	100
Lambeth	82
Lewisham	90
Tower Hamlets	67
Southwark	55
Wandsworth	85
Westminster	96
Barking and Dagenham	100
Barnet	91
Bexley	100
Brent	91
Bromley	97
Croydon	100
Ealing	72
Enfield	100
Haringey	100
Harrow	92
Havering	100
Hillingdon	78
Hounslow	49
Kingston upon Thames	100
Merton	100
Newham	46
Redbridge	95
Richmond upon Thames	86
Sutton	100
Waltham Forest	94
Birmingham	72
Coventry	100
Dudley	98
Sandwell	93
Solihull	99
Walsall	100

	Percentage of pupils in KSI results
Wolverhampton	96
Knowsley	91
Liverpool	67
St. Helens	94
Sefton	98
Wirral	97
Bolton	68
Bury	100
Manchester	97
Oldham	86
Rochdale	94
Salford	63
Stockport	100
Tameside	99
Trafford	94
Wigan	73
Barnsley	93
Doncaster	87
Rotherham	97
Sheffield	87
Bradford	99
Calderdale	100
Kirklees	59
Leeds	96
Wakefield	100
Gateshead	97
Newcastle upon Tyne	96
North Tyneside	74
South Tyneside	96
Sunderland	98
Avon	100
Bedfordshire	89
Berkshire	99
Buckinghamshire	56
Cambridgeshire	98
Cheshire	88
Cleveland	100
Cornwall & Isles of Scilly	99
Cumbria	93
Derbyshire	88
Devon	99
Dorset	89
Durham	91
East Sussex	62
Essex	100
Gloucestershire	93
Hampshire	78
Hereford and Worcester	99
Hertfordshire	93
Humberside	98
Isle of Wight	84
Kent	94
Lancashire	90
Leicestershire	85
Lincolnshire	too
Norfolk	60
North Yorkshire	100
Northamptonshire	100
Northumberland	100
Nottinghamshire	89
Oxfordshire	72
Shropshire	96
Somerset	95
Staffordshire	93
Suffolk	96
Surrey	97
Warwickshire	97
West Sussex	99
Wiltshire	92
Total England	89

Volume 205: debated on Monday 16 March 1992