§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Wales what is the total number of day and boarding pupils at recognised independent schools in Wales; and if he will express the number as a proportion of those attending maintained local education authority schools.
§ Mr. Barry JonesIn January 1975 there were 9,697 full-time day and boarding pupils at independent schools in
866WWales recognised as efficient. This represents one child for every 56 pupils attending schools maintained by the local education authorities.