HC Deb 18 October 1976 vol 917 cc272-3W
Mr. Baker

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the latest projection she has made of the number of primary and secondary pupils in the Inner London Education Authority in each of the next five years.

Miss Margaret Jackson

I understand from the ILEA that its projections of numbers of pupils in primary and secondary schools respectively for the next five years are as follows:

Primary Schools:
January 1977 189,700
January 1978 179,500
January 1979 168,600
January 1980 158,700
January 1981 151,100
Secondary Schools:
January 1977 180,800
January 1978 178,100
January 1979 174,800
January 1980 169,700
January 1981 163,000