HC Deb 25 January 1989 vol 145 cc596-7W
Mr. John Evans

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many children have been in fee-paying schools for the last three years for which figures are available.

Mr. Butcher

The total number of pupils attending non-maintained schools in England in 1986, 1987 and 1988 wre 526,000 538,000 and 547,000 respectively.

Mr. Grocott

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is his latest estimate of the proportion of children at school who are educated within the state education system.

Mr. Butcher

In January 1988 the number of children attending maintained schools in England as a proportion of all children in school was 92.8 per cent.

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