Primary Schools, Basildon and Brentwood (Pupils)

HC Deb 19 November 1968 vol 773 cc261-2W

Mr. Moonman

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the estimated number of pupils in primary schools in the Basildon and Brentwood Urban District Council areas of Essex in 1969, 1970, 1971 and 1972.

Miss Bacon

My Department does not make forward estimates of pupil numbers for parts of local authority areas.

Mr. Moonman

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what was the total number of pupils in primary schools in 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967 and 1968 in the Basildon and Brentwood Urban District Council areas of Essex.

Miss Bacon

The following table gives the number of pupils in maintained primary schools in the Basildon and Brentwood Urban District Council areas of Essex, in January:

	Basildon	Brentwood
1963	11,942	4,363
1964	12,711	4,643
1965	13,541	4,764
1966	14,375	5,041
1967	14,884	5,276
1968	15,571	5,407