§ Mr. McNallyasked the Secretary of State for Wales what is the estimated number of (a) primary school pupils and (b) secondary school pupils attending schools in Wales in (i) 1981–82, (ii) 1982–83 and (iii) his best estimate of the numbers in each category in each year from 1983–84 to 1988–89.
§ Mr. Michael RobertsThe information is shown in the following table:
School Population Full-time equivalents (thousands) Primary schools Secondary schools 1981/82 actual 267.0 237.2 1982/83 projections 258.4 235.7 1983/84 projections 251.9 232.4 1984/85 projections 249.5 226.7 1985/86 projections 249.8 218.9