HC Deb 13 February 1987 vol 110 cc369-70W
Mr. Wareing

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what proportion of the school population in each of the years 1978 to 1986, inclusive, attended (a) public schools, (b) direct grant and other fee-paying schools and (c) local education authority schools.

Mr. Dunn

Information on independent schools cannot be readily classified into public schools and other independent schools. The proportion of the school population in England in each of the years 1978 to 1986 who attended independent schools, direct grant schools and local education authority maintained schools was as follows:

January Independent schools

per cent.

 Direct grant schools1

per cent.

 Local education authority school2

per cent.
1978 4.5 1.3 94.2
1979 4.7 1.2 94.1
1980 4.9 1.1 94.0
1981 6.0 0.1 93.9
1982 6.1 0.1 93.8
1983 6.2 0.1 93.7
1984 6.4 0.1 93.5
1985 6.5 0.1 93.4
1986 6.6 0.1 93.3
1 Including direct grant nursery schools and non-maintained special schools.
2 Maintained nursery, primary, middle, secondary and special schools.