§ Mr. Hicksasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what are the current primary and secondary school populations, respectively, for England and Wales in the State maintained sector; what were the corresponding figures in 1970 and 1975; what are the projected figures for 1984; and what is the corresponding information for Cornwall, giving the percentage for those attending these schools in Cornwall as a proportion of the total national figure.
§ Dr. BoysonThe information available for England and Cornwall for January of each year is given below. The latest date for which actual numbers are at present available is January 1979. My Department does not make projections of the school population for individual local education authorities. Statistical information about schools in Wales is the responsibility of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales.
many of the 9,000 letters his Department has received about the proposal to break up the Inner London Education Authority were in favour of the proposal; and how many were opposed to it.
§ Mr. Mark CarlisleAbout 100 letters were in favour of the break-up of the Inner London Education Authority; most of the rest expressed suport for a single education authority for inner London, although many of these were in favour of revisions to the present arrangements to improve accountability and performance. A small number of letters did not explicitly favour any proposal.