§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many children are currently receiving a grammar school education in (a) Cheshire and (b) England and Wales.
§ Miss Margaret JacksonIn January 1977, the latest year for which information is available, 256,040 pupils attended maintained grammar schools and 118,105 pupils attended direct grant grammar schools in England and Wales. The corresponding figures for Cheshire are 12,786 and 1,136, respectively. More recent information available for Cheshire indicates that the number of pupils attending maintained grammar schools in Cheshire fell to 9,962 in September 1977. With the implementation of approvad reorganisation schemes, there should be no pupils attending maintained grammar schools in Cheshire by September 1980.