§ Mr. Bishopasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she will state the total number of primary and secondary school children receiving education in schools under the control of local authorities; how many are known to be in private schools where Rule 16 of the Education Act applies; and how many of the latter category are in schools recognised as efficient.
§ Mr. van StraubenzeeExcluding pupils in nursery and special schools, there were 427W in England and Wales in January, 1970, 7,958,848 full-time pupils in schools maintained by local education authorities and 411,773 full-time pupils in independent schools, including 303,778 in independent schools recognised as efficient.