§ Mr. StrawTo 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. MacGregorThe 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.