§ Mr. Andrew F. Bennettasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will give the total number of children in independent, grammar and non-grammar public sector schools, for pre-compulsory and for post-compulsory schooling, expressed in both numerical terms and as a proportion of the relevant age cohort.
§ Mr. DunnThe total numbers of full-time and part-time pupils in independent, grammar and other maintained schools for pre and post-compulsory schooling in England in January 1986 are given below:
January 1986 (provisional Pre-compulsory age* pupils ie under five years Post-compulsory age* pupils ie 16 + Number Per cent.† Number Per cent.‡ Independent schools 32,820 3 66,634 3 Grammar schools — — 24,623 1 Other maintained schools 508,856 43 280,034 13 * Age as at end August 1985. † The age cohort for under fives is the OPCS estimate of the three and four-year old population in England. ‡ The age cohort for 16+ pupils is the OPCS estimate of the population aged 16–18 years in England.