School Leavers

Mr. Field
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list details of the numbers and percentages of pupils leaving school at the minimum leaving age; and if he will classify these figures for each social class of the parents for each year since the raising of the school leaving age.

Mr. Macfarlane
The information is as follows:-----------------------
|Year                 |
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|1973–74†             |
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|1974–75              |
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|1975–76              |
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|1976–77              |
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|1977–78              |
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|1978–79 (provisional)|
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No information is available concerning the social class of the leavers' parents.