§ Mr. Ronald Bellasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what was 164W the number of schools in England and Wales, at the last convenient date, in which more than 30 per cent. of the pupils were New Commonwealth immigrants or the children of New Commonwealth parents; and whether the figures thus given have taken into account the child-fren of parents who have been in the United Kingdom more than 10 years.
§ Miss Joan LestorThe figures are not available in the form requested. In January 1972 there were 597 maintained primary and secondary schools—out of a total of 28,372 such schools—in which the proportion of immigrant pupils exceeded one-third. At that date about 87 per cent. of all immigrant pupils were of New Commonwealth origin. These figures did not include children born in the United Kingdom to parents who have lived in this country for more than 10 years prior to 1st January 1972.