HC Deb 26 March 1990 vol 170 c33W
Mr. Straw

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will update the table in the answer to the hon. Member for Blackburn, of 29 June 1989,Official Report, columns 535-36, on school closures, to give information for the calendar year 1989, and the latest information available for 1990.

Mr. MacGregor

The information is in the following updated table:

Calendar year Number of Proposals decided Number of Places to be taken out of use by Proposals in column 2 Number of Proposals in column 2 approved Number of surplus places to be taken out of use as a result of approved proposals
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
1983 366 104,174 330 85,606
1984 292 85,862 270 77,590
1985 205 101,097 185 88,218
1986 172 81,663 147 62,828
1987 159 55,116 134 45,326
1988 145 64,256 116 27,170
1989 140 59,527 114 41,831
11990 12 2,467 7 2,380
1 1 January to 28 February 1990.