§ Mr. John Pageasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she will list the numbers of children at present being educated in the independent sector divided as to nursery, junior and secondary education showing also the percentages of the total number of school children in each of these categories.
§ Miss Margaret JacksonThe numbers in the age groups 2–4, 5–11 and 12 and over for England and Wales as at January 1978 were:
Age group Pupils in independent schools As percentage of all school children in age group 2–4 Full-time 16,434 5.62 Part-time 11,293 5–11 188,742 3.51 12 and over 208,394 5.34 Total 424,863 4.35