Standard Spending Assessment (Somerset)
Mr. Laws:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what plans she has to increase the level of the standard spending assessment per pupil in Somerset to the average such figure for England; and if she will make a statement. [66273]
Mr. Miliband:
We intend to commence consultation on detailed options for a new education funding system shortly, which will run over the summer. We will take decisions in time for the local government finance settlement and implement the new system in 200304. At this stage it is not possible to say how individual authorities will be affected by the new system.
Value-added League Tables
Mr. Laws:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills whether value-added league tables are available for all schools; and if she will make a statement. [66283]
Mr. Miliband:
This year, we intend to publish value- added measures in the secondary school performance tables of progress made from Key Stage 2 to Key Stage 3 and from Key Stage 3 to GCSE/GNVQ for all secondary schools. We are also conducting a pilot programme for measures of progress made from Key Stage 1 to Key Stage 2 for primary schools, with full publication planned for 2003. We aim to pilot a measure of value-added between Key Stage 2 and GCSE/GNVQ in 2003, and between GCSE/GNVQ and A/AS level in 2004, prior to full publication the following year.
Education Action Zones
Mr. Laws:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many education action zones exist; where they are; and if she will make a statement. [66285]
Mr. Miliband:
There are 73 Statutory Education Action Zones. The table indicates where they are located:
Education action zone | Local education authority
|
Ashington | Northumberland
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Aston and Nechells | Birmingham
|
Barnsley | Barnsley
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Barrow | Cumbria
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Bedford | Bedfordshire
|
Blackburn with Darwen | Blackburn with Darwen
|
Breightmet and Tonge | Bolton
|
Bridgwater | Somerset
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Bristol | Bristol
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Camborne Pool Redruth | Cornwall
|
Clacton and Harwich | Essex
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Corby | Northamptonshire
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Coventry | Coventry
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Derby North East | Derby
|
Dingle Granby Toxteth | Liverpool
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Downham and Bellingham | Lewisham
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Dudley | Dudley
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Easington and Seaham | Durham
|
East Basildon | Essex
|
East Brighton | Brighton and Hove
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East Cleveland | Redcar and Cleveland
|
East Manchester | Manchester
|
Ellesmere Port | Cheshire
|
Gloucester | Gloucestershire
|
Great Yarmouth | Norfolk
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Greenwich | Greenwich
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Grimsby | North East Lincolnshire
|
Hackney | Hackney
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Halifax | Calderdale
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Hastings and St. Leonards | East Sussex
|
Herefordshire | Herefordshire
|
Hull | Kingston upon Hull
|
Kent-Somerset Virtual | Kent and Somerset
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Kitts Green/Shard End | Birmingham
|
Lambeth | Lambeth
|
Leicester | City of Leicester
|
Leigh | Wigan
|
Leigh Park | Hampshire
|
Middlesbrough | Middlesbrough
|
NE Derbyshire Coalfields | Derbyshire
|
NE Sheffield | Sheffield
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New Addington | Croydon
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Newcastle | Newcastle-upon-Tyne
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Newham | Newham
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North Gillingham | Medway Towns
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North Islington | Islington
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North Southwark | Southwark
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North Stockton | Stockton
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Nottingham | Nottingham
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NW Shropshire | Shropshire
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Oxford Hamilton | Oxford
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Peterlee | Durham
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Plymouth | Plymouth
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Preston | Lancashire
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Rainbow (Stoke) | Stoke
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Salford and Trafford | Salford and Trafford
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SE England Virtual | Bromley and Essex
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SE Sheffield | Sheffield
|
Slough | Slough
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South Bradford | Bradford
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South Tyneside | South Tyneside
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Southend | Southend
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Speke Garston | Liverpool
|
Sunderland | Sunderland
|
Telford and Wrekin | Telford and Wrekin
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Thetford | Norfolk
|
Wakefield | Wakefield
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Wednesbury | Sandwell
|
Westminster | Westminster
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Weston | North Somerset
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Withernsea and Southern Holderness | East Riding
|
Wolverhampton | Wolverhampton
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Wythenshawe | Manchester
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There are also 102 EiC Action Zones which form part of the Excellence in Cities initiative, and are located in EiC areas.
School Admissions
Mr. Pickthall:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what mechanisms she has to guarantee fair admissions in the secondary school system as restructured according to her plans. [66364]
Mr. Miliband:
The Education Bill will place a duty on LEAs to co-ordinate the admissions process for their area. Every admission authority in that area will have a duty to comply with the agreed co-ordination scheme for their area. The scheme will set out a common timetable for local admissions, and ensure that all parents state their preferred schools on a single form and are made a single offer of a school place on the same day. This will be fairer than the current systemwhere some parents may hold multiple offers of places, while others have none. All maintained schools and academies will be part of these local schemes. Admission forums will be responsible for
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monitoring the admissions process in their area, to check that it operates in the best interests of children and parents.
School Leavers
Mr. Laws:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many pupils left school or formal education at the age of 16 years as a proportion of the total cohort in each local authority area, in each year from 199091 and 200102; and if she will make a statement. [66277]
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Mr. Miliband:
The proportions of 16-year-olds who were not in full-time education in each year 199091 to 19992000, by local education authority, are given in the following table. Some of these will of course be involved in part-time education or work based learning.
The participation rates by LEA are taken from an annual statistical bulletin, 'Participation in Education and Training by Young People Aged 16 and 17 in Each Local Area and Region, England'. The year 19992000 is the latest for which figures are available.
Non-participation of 16-year-olds in full-time education by LEA, England, 199091 to 19992000
LEA | 199091 | 199192 | 199293 | 199394 | 199495 | 199596 | 199697 | 199798 | 199899 | 19992000
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North East | | | | | | | | | |
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Cleveland | 47 | 42 | 39 | 38 | 37 | 38 | 37 | 38 | 37 | 33
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Hartlepool | | | | | | | 36 | 37 | 34 | 33
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Middlesbrough | | | | | | | 39 | 41 | 42 | 32
|
Redcar and Cleveland | | | | | | | 40 | 41 | 39 | 36
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Stockton-on-Tees | | | | | | | 33 | 35 | 33 | 31
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Durham | 50 | 45 | 43 | 42 | 43 | 40 | 41 | 41 | 41 | 38
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Durham | | | | | | | | 41 | 41 | 39
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Darlington | | | | | | | | 41 | 41 | 35
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Northumberland | 48 | 39 | 41 | 36 | 37 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 32
|
Gateshead | 57 | 49 | 44 | 46 | 48 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 38 | 39
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Newcastle upon Tyne | 42 | 33 | 31 | 30 | 33 | 32 | 30 | 35 | 33 | 33
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North Tyneside | 38 | 32 | 29 | 28 | 33 | 32 | 33 | 33 | 36 | 32
|
South Tyneside | 55 | 51 | 46 | 48 | 45 | 46 | 45 | 48 | 47 | 43
|
Sunderland | 52 | 48 | 45 | 45 | 44 | 44 | 48 | 47 | 47 | 44
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North West | | | | | | | | | |
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Cheshire | 39 | 35 | 30 | 27 | 29 | 29 | 30 | 28 | 30 | 26
|
Cheshire | | | | | | | | | 25 | 23
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Halton | | | | | | | | | 47 | 40
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Warrington | | | | | | | | | 33 | 28
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Cumbria | 49 | 41 | 39 | 33 | 31 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 31 | 30
|
Bolton | 45 | 43 | 38 | 34 | 34 | 28 | 32 | 32 | 33 | 26
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Bury | 31 | 29 | 24 | 28 | 31 | 25 | 26 | 29 | 31 | 28
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Manchester | 43 | 33 | 33 | 31 | 36 | 35 | 40 | 40 | 37 | 38
|
Oldham | 54 | 51 | 41 | 35 | 37 | 36 | 37 | 37 | 34 | 31
|
Rochdale | 54 | 51 | 49 | 45 | 50 | 45 | 45 | 43 | 44 | 40
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Salford | 51 | 52 | 49 | 44 | 49 | 52 | 50 | 51 | 54 | 52
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Stockport | 36 | 28 | 25 | 29 | 30 | 32 | 31 | 34 | 33 | 32
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Tameside | 52 | 46 | 46 | 41 | 46 | 40 | 37 | 42 | 44 | 38
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Trafford | 44 | 48 | 42 | 36 | 39 | 36 | 37 | 35 | 33 | 35
|
Wigan | 42 | 37 | 33 | 42 | 43 | 42 | 42 | 41 | 42 | 37
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Lancashire | 45 | 42 | 37 | 34 | 40 | 35 | 36 | 35 | 35 | 34
|
Lancashire | | | | | | | | | 36 | 34
|
Blackburn with Darwen | | | | | | | | | 29 | 34
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Blackpool | | | | | | | | | 36 | 36
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Knowsley | 59 | 56 | 51 | 59 | 49 | 49 | 46 | 49 | 50 | 48
|
Liverpool | 43 | 42 | 35 | 33 | 38 | 38 | 41 | 37 | 37 | 36
|
St. Helens | 34 | 39 | 30 | 33 | 32 | 27 | 25 | 27 | 28 | 27
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Sefton | 31 | 27 | 24 | 22 | 22 | 24 | 23 | 26 | 22 | 20
|
Wirral | 37 | 33 | 28 | 31 | 31 | 30 | 32 | 29 | 33 | 30
|
|
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Yorkshire and the Humber | | | | | | | | | |
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Humberside | 47 | 44 | 39 | 35 | 38 | 34 | 37 | 37 | 35 | 34
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City of Kingston upon Hull | | | | | | | 42 | 48 | 44 | 43
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East Riding of Yorkshire | | | | | | | 34 | 30 | 29 | 28
|
North East Lincolnshire | | | | | | | 37 | 39 | 37 | 35
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North Lincolnshire | | | | | | | 33 | 32 | 31 | 29
|
|
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North Yorkshire pre April 1996 | 37 | 31 | 28 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 25 | 23 | 27 | 26
|
North Yorkshire post April 1996 | | | | | | | 26 | 25 | 28 | 27
|
York | | | | | | | 19 | 19 | 24 | 24
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Barnsley | 56 | 52 | 46 | 46 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 47 | 45
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Doncaster | 48 | 45 | 41 | 38 | 40 | 43 | 43 | 42 | 41 | 36
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Rotherham | 41 | 35 | 38 | 34 | 33 | 33 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 27
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Sheffield | 51 | 43 | 41 | 37 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 44 | 46 | 43
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Bradford | 47 | 41 | 41 | 40 | 40 | 38 | 38 | 39 | 41 | 37
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Calderdale | 37 | 35 | 35 | 26 | 30 | 34 | 31 | 33 | 30 | 31
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Kirklees | 41 | 36 | 32 | 34 | 37 | 34 | 32 | 33 | 33 | 34
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Leeds | 44 | 37 | 37 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 34 | 36 | 37 | 35
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Wakefield | 47 | 41 | 35 | 34 | 35 | 34 | 36 | 30 | 36 | 31
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East Midlands | | | | | | | | | |
|
Derbyshire | 42 | 38 | 34 | 34 | 38 | 36 | 36 | 38 | 40 | 32
|
Derbyshire | | | | | | | | 36 | 39 | 32
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Derby | | | | | | | | 44 | 42 | 34
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Leicestershire | 39 | 35 | 30 | 28 | 32 | 30 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 24
|
Leicestershire | | | | | | | | 26 | 28 | 26
|
Leicester | | | | | | | | 30 | 26 | 25
|
Rutland | | | | | | | | 6 | 10 | 6
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Lincolnshire | 42 | 36 | 33 | 29 | 34 | 34 | 35 | 33 | 34 | 30
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Northamptonshire | 39 | 30 | 27 | 25 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 31 | 30 | 33
|
Nottinghamshire | 48 | 41 | 37 | 36 | 38 | 37 | 37 | 38 | 36 | 33
|
Nottinghamshire | | | | | | | | | 34 | 33
|
Nottingham | | | | | | | | | 43 | 34
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West Midlands | | | | | | | | | |
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Hereford and Worcester | 37 | 32 | 28 | 26 | 25 | 26 | 25 | 27 | 25 | 24
|
Herefordshire | | | | | | | | | 35 | 33
|
Worcestershire | | | | | | | | | 22 | 22
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Shropshire | 41 | 34 | 29 | 25 | 27 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 27
|
Shropshire | | | | | | | | | 26 | 25
|
Telford and Wrekin | | | | | | | | | 32 | 32
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Staffordshire | 45 | 39 | 37 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 35 | 37 | 35 | 33
|
Staffordshire | | | | | | | | 33 | 32 | 30
|
Stoke on Trent | | | | | | | | 51 | 48 | 42
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Warwickshire | 36 | 29 | 29 | 26 | 29 | 28 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 28
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Birmingham | 43 | 38 | 34 | 30 | 34 | 32 | 33 | 32 | 33 | 31
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Coventry | 44 | 34 | 30 | 27 | 32 | 33 | 33 | 35 | 32 | 34
|
Dudley | 49 | 46 | 40 | 39 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 43 | 38 | 39
|
Sandwell | 57 | 52 | 48 | 44 | 40 | 45 | 49 | 46 | 46 | 43
|
Solihull | 36 | 26 | 24 | 12 | 16 | 19 | 23 | 26 | 20 | 21
|
Walsall | 48 | 42 | 35 | 35 | 40 | 41 | 43 | 39 | 36 | 33
|
Wolverhampton | 48 | 40 | 37 | 32 | 32 | 36 | 36 | 39 | 35 | 35
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East of England | | | | | | | | | |
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Bedfordshire | 35 | 26 | 25 | 22 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 24 | 24
|
Bedfordshire | | | | | | | | 19 | 20 | 22
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Luton | | | | | | | | 39 | 32 | 29
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Cambridgeshire | 40 | 30 | 24 | 24 | 28 | 26 | 23 | 29 | 29 | 25
|
Cambridgeshire | | | | | | | | | 29 | 25
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Peterborough | | | | | | | | | 29 | 26
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Essex | 41 | 34 | 30 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 30 | 29 | 29
|
Essex | | | | | | | | | 29 | 29
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Southend-on-Sea | | | | | | | | | 24 | 25
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Thurrock | | | | | | | | | 36 | 39
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Hertfordshire | 26 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 13
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Norfolk | 43 | 35 | 32 | 27 | 33 | 31 | 33 | 31 | 32 | 31
|
Suffolk | 45 | 37 | 33 | 27 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 31 | 29 | 30
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London | | | | | | | | | |
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Inner London | 45 | 31 | 30 | 27 | 31 | 32 | 32 | 30 | 30 | 30
|
Outer London | | | | | | | | | |
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Barking and Dagenham | 59 | 44 | 39 | 39 | 34 | 37 | 30 | 41 | 40 | 39
|
Barnet | 27 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 16 | 22 | 17
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Bexley | 39 | 30 | 27 | 26 | 30 | 27 | 27 | 30 | 29 | 29
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Brent | 44 | 36 | 38 | 28 | 31 | 28 | 28 | 24 | 27 | 25
|
Bromley | 34 | 26 | 25 | 18 | 20 | 18 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 12
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Croydon | 36 | 24 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 24 | 23 | 25 | 23
|
Ealing | 35 | 25 | 24 | 28 | 26 | 32 | 34 | 26 | 31 | 30
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Enfield | 36 | 30 | 23 | 18 | 22 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 15 | 15
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Greenwich | 45 | 33 | 33 | 28 | 32 | 31 | 37 | 35 | 38 | 37
|
Harrow | 20 | 18 | 16 | 21 | 27 | 29 | 30 | 33 | 31 | 31
|
Havering | 44 | 32 | 28 | 21 | 24 | 26 | 29 | 27 | 29 | 28
|
Hillingdon | 39 | 27 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 20 | 20
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Hounslow | 37 | 27 | 18 | 17 | 12 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 10
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Kingston upon Thames | 27 | 19 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7
|
Merton | 37 | 31 | 24 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 20 | 30 | 32
|
Redbridge | 33 | 20 | 18 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 7
|
Richmond upon Thames | 33 | 19 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 27 | 30 | 30
|
Sutton | 31 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 8
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Waltham Forest | 42 | 32 | 29 | 27 | 24 | 23 | 20 | 22 | 28 | 26
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South East | | | | | | | | | |
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Berkshire | 32 | 21 | 20 | 16 | 20 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 24
|
Bracknell Forest | | | | | | | | | 25 | 25
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Windsor and Maidenhead | | | | | | | | | 23 | 19
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West Berkshire | | | | | | | | | 22 | 20
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Reading | | | | | | | | | 31 | 33
|
Slough | | | | | | | | | 28 | 22
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Wokingham | | | | | | | | | 23 | 24
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Buckinghamshire | 34 | 29 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 28
|
Buckinghamshire | | | | | | | | 22 | 25 | 23
|
Milton Keynes | | | | | | | | 42 | 40 | 40
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East Sussex | 37 | 25 | 21 | 19 | 22 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 27 | 25
|
East Sussex | | | | | | | | 24 | 26 | 24
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Brighton and Hove | | | | | | | | 26 | 28 | 25
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Hampshire | 40 | 31 | 27 | 25 | 28 | 26 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 29
|
Hampshire | | | | | | | | 29 | 30 | 28
|
Portsmouth | | | | | | | | 27 | 27 | 30
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Southampton | | | | | | | | 32 | 32 | 28
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Isle of Wight | 29 | 29 | 22 | 24 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 23 | 20 | 17
|
Kent | 38 | 27 | 23 | 20 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 23
|
Kent | | | | | | | | | 22 | 24
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Medway | | | | | | | | | 27 | 20
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Oxfordshire | 38 | 26 | 21 | 21 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 29 | 28
|
Surrey | 29 | 22 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 21
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West Sussex | 30 | 23 | 20 | 16 | 20 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23
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South West | | | | | | | | | |
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Avon | 39 | 29 | 22 | 28 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 26 | 28 | 26
|
Bath and NE Somerset | | | | | | | 10 | 13 | 10 | 9
|
City of Bristol | | | | | | | 33 | 33 | 38 | 33
|
North Somerset | | | | | | | 20 | 26 | 27 | 29
|
South Gloucestershire | | | | | | | 25 | 26 | 27 | 25
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Cornwall (inc. Isles of Scilly) | 32 | 28 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 24 | 23 | 25 | 24 | 22
|
Devon | 39 | 30 | 28 | 25 | 26 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 30 | 28
|
Devon | | | | | | | | | 31 | 29
|
Plymouth | | | | | | | | | 29 | 27
|
Torbay | | | | | | | | | 27 | 25
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Dorset | 37 | 26 | 23 | 18 | 23 | 24 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 23
|
Dorset | | | | | | | | 26 | 26 | 25
|
Poole | | | | | | | | 23 | 18 | 21
|
Bournemouth | | | | | | | | 13 | 18 | 19
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Gloucestershire | 39 | 28 | 23 | 25 | 24 | 22 | 26 | 26 | 23 | 25
|
Somerset | 36 | 27 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 26 | 24 | 29 | 27 | 26
|
Wiltshire | 43 | 32 | 29 | 27 | 30 | 28 | 28 | 31 | 29 | 29
|
Wiltshire | | | | | | | | 28 | 27 | 27
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Swindon | | | | | | | | 39 | 35 | 32
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|
England total | 41 | 33 | 30 | 28 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 29
|
Note:
The figures given in the table are for non-participation in full-time education. Those students in both full-time education and Government support training are included in full-time education figures.
Source:
DfES Statistical Bulletins 8/96 and 14/01.
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