HC Deb 31 January 1984 vol 53 cc202-3W
Mrs. Dunwoody

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what he expects the total fall in the school population resulting from the present decline in the school age population to be.

Mr. Dunn

The total full-time equivalent number of pupils in maintained nursery, primary and secondary schools in England is projected to fall from the peak of 8.5 million in January 1977 to a low point of 6.6 million in January 1990.