HC Deb 01 May 1968 vol 763 cc220-1W
Mrs. Ewing

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many children in English schools and Welsh schools, respectively, were receiving part-time education as at 22nd March, 1968, 1967, 1966, 1965, and 1964.

Miss Bacon

The annual census of pupils in schools is taken each January. The table below gives the number of part-time pupils in January of each of the year's stated:

England Wales
1964 24,494 415
1965 29,418 582
1966 31,747 939
1967 36,019 1,077

These part-time pupils were all under five years of age. Figures for 1968 are not yet available.