§ Mr. Eldon Griffithsasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many schools have been closed in the administrative county of Suffolk over the past five years; and how many were closed in the previous five years by its predecessors, West Suffolk and East Suffolk county councils.
§ Dr. BoysonI understand that the numbers are as follows:
Year Authority Number 1977–82 Suffolk county council Nil 1974–76 Suffolk county council 7 1972–74 East Suffolk county council 9 West Suffolk county council 4 Ipswich county borough Nil These figures do not include instances where the authorities ceased to maintain schools in order to reestablish them in a different form.