HC Deb 01 July 1980 vol 987 cc546-7W
Mr. Adley

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science to what he attributes the continued rise in the number of pupils attending schools in the independent sector, in spite of the fall in the bithrate, decline in number of foreign pupils and big increase in fees.

Dr. Boyson

Parents choose to send their children to independent schools for a variety of reasons and any change in the demand for places of such schools represents the aggregate of many complex individual decisions.