§ Dr. Marshallasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science on what date she expects to receive the report of the working party on school transport.
ENGLAND AND WALES 1962 (January) 1972 (January) Schools Full-time pupils Schools Full-time pupils Part-time pupils Maintained secondary Modern … … 3,899 1,675,957 2,218 1,085,850 * Grammar … … 1,287 708,343 893 540,049 * Technical … … 220 97,411 58 33,271 * Comprehensive … … 152 157,477 1,591 1,337,242 * Middle deemed secondary … — — 186 74,932 * All other secondary … … 332 196,524 266 180,082 * Total … … 5,890 2,835,712 5,212 3,251,426 *
Direct grant grammar … … 179 111,634 176 118,545 178 Independent Primary … … 2,189 177,032 1,510 159,930 9,198 Secondary … … 475 93,757 376 88,159 * Primary and secondary … 1,079 218,421 618 158,909 1,908 Total … … 3,743 489,210 2,504 406,998 11,106 Note: The number of part-time pupils is not available for 1962
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§ Mr. Sproatasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many children were attending independent or direct grant schools in January 1972; and what percentage this represents of the total school population.
§ Mr. St. John-Stevas551,039 full-time and part-time pupils, 6 per cent. of the total school population, were attending independent schools and direct grant nursery, grammar, special institution and technical schools in England and Wales.