§ Mr. Knoxasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many pupils there were in primary schools and
Thousands January of each year 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 actual actual actual projected projected Nursery and primary* … … 4,735 4,602 4,476 4,311 4,133 Secondary … … … … 3,799 3,852 3,872 3,867 3,830 TOTAL … … … 8,534 8,454 8,348 8,178 7,963 * Counting each part-time pupil as 0.5.