§ Mr. Spellerasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will introduce a scheme to ensure that pupils from independent schools are able to obtain the same allowances as pupils from maintained schools for travel expenses when visiting universities prior to obtaining a university place.
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Maintained school (including nursery and special)—England 1981 1980 Numbers As percentage of Numbers As percentage of pupils in attendance pupils in attendance Pupils in attendance 7,170,237 7,331,860 Pupils taking school meals —total 3,515,316 49.0 3,534,858 48.2