§ Mr. Don FosterTo ask the Secretary of State for Education what is the estimated number of pupils in 1995–96 aged(a) five to 10 years and (b) 11 to 15 years in each local education authority and in total.
§ Mr. Robin SquireThe projected numbers for England for January 1996 are as follows:
Age (at 31 August 1995) Five to 101 11 to 15 Maintained primary and secondary schools2 3,583,000 2,691,000 Maintained special schools2 33,000 48,000 1 Excluding rising fives, ie pupils whose fifth birthday falls between 1 September 1995 and 31 December 1995. 2 Including grant maintained schools. Projections at local education authority level are not available.