§ Mr. StrawTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many proposals for(a) closure and (b) reorganisation of schools he has received during the current academic year; how many school places these represent; how many such closures and reorganisations he has approved and how many school places these decisions represent; what was the target for the year; and if he will give comparable figures for each academic year since 1979.
§ Mr. Kenneth BakerThe information is not available in the form requested. The available data is summarised in the following table.
these, 1,760 transferred to full-time service elsewhere in the maintained sector in England and Wales and 2,900 to part-time service in the maintained sector. A further 8,500 retired and 450 died.