HC Deb 30 November 1983 vol 49 c514W
21. Mr. Ernie Ross

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many primary schools have been closed in Scotland during the past 12 months.

Mr. Allan Stewart

Detailed information on school closures is no longer held centrally. Between the annual school censuses taken in September 1982 and September 1983 the total number of education authority primary schools in Scotland fell from 2,489 to 2,459, but these figures do not separately identify closures or new openings.