§ Mr. Andrew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Oxford, East,Official Report, 18 December, columns 36–40, if he will publish the numbers of students on which his calculations are based for each year from 1990 to 2027.
Mr. JacksonThe table gives estimates of the numbers of students eligible for loans from 1990–91 to 2000–01 inclusive. The basis is the United Kingdom. The figures in annex E of the White Paper rest on a series of assumptions, one being that numbers remain constant after the end of the century. This assumption also applies to the revised estimates of costs and savings.
United Kingdom numbers eligible for loans Year (000s) 1990 569.2 1991 582.2 1992 584.6 476W
Calendar Year 1985 1986 1987 1988 11989 Number of maintained secondary schools approved for closure 106 117 107 92 94 (i) girls' schools n.a. n.a. n.a. 7 9 (ii) boys' schools n.a. n.a. n.a. 9 7 (iii) mixed schools n.a. n.a. n.a. 76 78 (iv) voluntary schools 18 33 23 18 7 (v) county schools 88 84 84 74 87 Number of maintained secondary schools for which proposals were approved for significant change of character 31 75 18 35 37 (i) girls' schools 1 — — 2 3 (ii) boys' schools 1 1 3 1 2 (iii) mixed schools 29 74 15 32 32
Year (000s) 1993 580.6 1994 576.4 1995 574.3 1996 581.6 1997 600.0 1998 625.7 1999 645.1 2000 655.5