Pupil Numbers

HC Deb 19 July 1989 vol 157 cc182-3W

Mr. Allen

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what was the number of pupils between the ages of five years and 16 years in 1979; and what is the latest figure.

Mr. Butcher

The numbers of pupils aged¹ 5 to 15 inclusive in January 1979 and January 1988 in all schools in England were as follows:

	Pupils (thousands)
January 1979	8,085.2
January 1988	6,462.3
1 aged at previous 31 August.