HL Deb 22 March 1994 vol 553 cc21-2WA
Lord Brougham and Vaux

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether the Lord Chancellor has decided whom he proposes to appoint to the Lord Chancellor's Advisory Committee on Legal Education and Conduct to replace the outgoing members.

The Lord Chancellor (Lord Mackay of Clashfern)

I have today appointed the following

Public sector1 secondary schools in the United Kingdom
Academic year
2l965–66 1970–71 1975–76 1980–81 1992–93
Number of schools
All secondary 6,681 6,101 5,174 5,599 4,648
Comprehensive3 784 1,832 3,477 4,199 3,784
Percentage comprehensive 12 30 67 75 81
Number of pupils (thousands)
All secondary 3,143 3,554 4,448 4,607 3,606
Comprehensive3 484 1,438 3,249 3,912 3,135
Percentage comprehensive 15 40 73 85 87
1 From 1989–90 includes self-governing (grant-maintained) schools.
2 Includes 1966–67 data from Scotland.
3 Includes 6th form colleges in England and Wales and; part-selective/part-comprehensive schools in Scotland (up to academic year 1988–89).

Sources

Social Trends 23;

Education Statistics for the United Kingdom 1993;

Statistics of Education and Training in Wales: Schools 1993 and 1994 editions;

Scottish Office Education Department; Welsh Office Education Department; Department of Education Northern Ireland.

people to serve as new members of the Lord Chancellor's Advisory Committee on Legal Education and Conduct:

  • Lee Bridges,
  • Dr. Bob Hepple,
  • Neville March Hunnings,
  • Ian McNeil,
  • Charles Plant,
  • Prof. Peter Scott,
  • David Steel, QC,
  • Mary Tuck.

The new members will commence their work for the Committee on 1 April 1994.