§ Mr. Pawseyasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish in the Official Report total
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§ Mr. MacfarlaneThe number and percentage of 16 to 19-year-olds in school and non-advanced further education in Wolverhampton and the West Midlands during the academic year 1978–79, the latest information available, was as follows:
or estimated maintained school pupil numbers in each of the years from 1979 to the furthest possible projection for (a) primary schools, (b) secondary schools and (c) total primary and secondary schools.
§ Dr. BoysonActual and projected pupil numbers for maintained primary and secondary schools in England are as given below.
The figures, especially those for primary, become increasingly uncertain in the later years of this table: by the late 1990s the school population will almost entirely comprise children not yet born.
Thousands, January of each year* Primary† Secondary Total 1979 4,138 3,872 8,010 1980 3,980 3,866 7,846 1981 3,808 3,83,0 7,638 1982 3,642 3,764 7,406 1983 3,453 3,712 7,165 1984 3,332 3,623 6,955 1985 3,287 3,507 6,794 1986 3,294 3,370 6,664 1987 3,325 3,234 6,559 1988 3,399 3,067 6,466 1989 3,509 2,916 6,425 1990 3,626 2,811 6,437 1991 3,719 2,783 6,502 1992 3,813 2,796 6,609 1993 3,917 2,841 6,758 1994 4,021 2,916 6,937 1995 4,115 3,005 7,120 1996 4,194 3,081 7,275 * Actual to 1980, projected from 1981 on; middle schools included according to whether deemed primary or secondary. † Aged 5 and over.