3. ENGLAND
Capital (and the largest city) : London
National language: English
Regional languages: Cornish
Population(census 2011) : 53,012,456
Ethnic groups(2011)
85.4% White
7.8% Asian
3.5% Black
2.3% Mixed
0.4% Arab
0.6% Other
8. EDUCATION
The Department for Education
is the government department
responsible for issues affecting
people in England up to the age of
19, including education.State-run and
state-funded schools are attended by
approximately 93% of English
schoolchildren.Of these, a minority are UNIVERSITY of
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faith schools (primarily Church
of England or Roman Catholic schools). Children who are between
the ages of 3 and 5 attend nursery or an Early Years Foundation
Stage reception unit within a primary school. Children between the
ages of 5 and 11 attend primary school, and secondary school is
attended by those aged between 11 and 16. After finishing compulsory
education, students take GCSE examinations.
10. Internet Access
In quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2015, 86% of adults (44.7
million) in the UK had used the internet in the last 3
months (recent users), an increase of 1 percentage point
since the quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2014 estimate of 85%.
11% of adults (5.9 million) had never used the internet,
falling by 1 percentage point since quarter 1 (Jan to Mar)
2014.
The South East had the highest proportion of recent
internet users (90%) and Northern Ireland was the area
with the lowest proportion (80%).
In quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2015, the proportion of adults
who were recent internet users was lower for those that
were disabled (68%), compared with those that were not
disabled (92%).
11. In quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2015 the proportion of
adults aged 16 to 24 years who were recent internet
users was lower for those that were disabled (95%
recent users) compared with those that were not
disabled (99% recent users). The proportion of
adults aged 75 years and over who were recent
internet users was also lower for those that were
disabled (27% recent users) compared with those
that were not disabled (40% recent users).
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13. According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations the
best
selling papers as of January 2011 are
The Sun 3,001,822
The Daily Mail 2,136,568 and the
Daily Mirror 1,194,097.