§ Mr. Lawlerasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science, further to his reply of 21 January, Official Report, c. 557, if he will give the total school population of the 10 local education authorities listed for 1985–86 and 1986–87, and projected figures for the next three years.
§ Mr. DunnThe total number of pupils in maintained schools in 1985–86 in the local education authorities listed was as follows. The numbers relate to a one-day count of pupils in January 1986. Pupil numbers for 1986–87 are not yet available. Projections of pupil numbers for local education authorities are not available centrally.
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Total number of pupils in maintained schools1—1985–862 LEA Number Inner London 289,768 Essex 234,776 Hampshire 221,497 Humberside 146,137 Derbyshire 148,370 Manchester 72,979 Staffordshire 168,194 Kent 229,222 Gloucestershire 76,913 Suffolk 93,286 1 Includes part-time pupils in nursery and primary schools and pupils in special schools. 2 January 1986. Projections of pupil numbers for succeeding years are made only for England as a whole.